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Javanese
Romanization
tamba
- Romanization of ꦠꦩ꧀ꦧ
Malay
Verb
tamba
- (1924-1972) Obsolete spelling of tambah.
Old Javanese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tam.ba/
- Rhymes: -ba
- Hyphenation: tam‧ba
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tambar (“antidote”) (compare Malay tawar (“tasteless”), Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tambal (“to mend, to patch”)).
Noun
tamba
- cure, remedy, medicine
- Synonyms: jampi, jampyan, oṣadha, oṣadhi, tamba, tambā, uṣadha, uwat, waidya, wedya
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
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Root
tamba
- tardy, slow
Derived terms
Further reading
- "tamba" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.