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French
Verb
ramai
- first-person singular past historic of ramer
Anagrams
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay ramai, from Javanese ꦫꦩꦺ (ramé, “noisy, bustling”), from Old Javanese rame, ramya (“beautiful, lovely; joyful, glad; bustling”), from Sanskrit रम्य (ramya, “pleasing”). Doublet of ramah.
Pronunciation
Adjective
ramai
- crowded
- Synonym: banyak
- busy.
- Synonym: sibuk
- noisy, exciting, lively, bustling
- Synonym: riuh
- heavy (traffic)
- Synonym: banyak
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References
- ^ Tom Hoogervorst (2017 December 31) Andrea Acri, Roger Blench, Alexandra Landmann, editor, 9. The Role of “Prakrit” in Maritime Southeast Asia through 101 Etymologies, ISEAS Publishing, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 375–440
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Italian
Verb
ramai
- first-person singular past historic of ramare
Noun
ramai m
- plural of ramaio
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Malay
Pronunciation
Determiner
ramai
- (of people) many (denotes a crowd)
See also
Adjective
ramai (Jawi spelling راماي)
- busy, noisy, crowded
Usage notes
Usage notes
ramai and banyak both mean "many", but ramai is used exclusively to refer to people while banyak may be used to refer to people, animals or objects. The word ramai is almost always used in conjunction with orang ("people") as in ramai orang to draw attention to a crowd-like atmosphere associated with a gathering of many people. In contrast, banyak, when followed by orang, simply implies a big concentration of people without reference to the atmosphere therein. Note also that the word ramai, as opposed to banyak, may be preceded by orang as in orang ramai, meaning the public.
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