mambang

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Javanese

Alternative forms

Javanese writing system
Carakan ꦩꦩ꧀ꦧꦁ
Pegon
Roman mambang (standard), membang (nonstandard)

Etymology

From Old Javanese mambaṅ (“a group of people (of foreign provenance?)”).

Noun

mambang

  1. unknown creature; foreign
  2. divine being; fairy
  3. (colloquial) floating

Malay

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baŋbaŋ (“reddish”).

Noun

mambang (Jawi spelling ممبڠ, plural mambang-mambang)

  1. ghost; spirit
    Synonym: hantu
  2. personification of the sunset-glow
    Synonym: mambang kuning

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bambaŋən (“a fish, the snapper”).

Noun

mambang (Jawi spelling ممبڠ)

  1. Lutjanus sanguineus, a kind of fish
    Synonyms: bambang, bambangan

Further reading

Sundanese

Noun

mambang

  1. kind of divine being, fairy

References

  1. Sundanese-english dictionary by R.R Hardjadibrata
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