himbaṅ

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Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *imbaŋ (weigh, balance, compare).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɪm.baŋ/
  • Rhymes: -baŋ
  • Hyphenation: him‧baṅ

Noun

himbaṅ

  1. side,
  2. border,
  3. edge,
  4. slope

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Descendants

  • > Javanese: ꦲꦶꦩ꧀ꦧꦁ (imbang) (inherited)

Further reading

  • "himbaṅ" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.