tambak

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English

Etymology

From Javanese ꦠꦩ꧀ꦧꦏ꧀ (tambak).

Noun

tambak (plural tambaks)

  1. In Java, a brackish pond for raising fish and growing rice.

Anagrams

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tambak.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: tam‧bak
  • IPA(key): /tamˈbak/

Noun

tambák

  1. head; mound
    Synonyms: dagmang, tumpok

Derived terms

Brunei Malay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tambak/
  • Hyphenation: tam‧bak

Noun

tambak

  1. stove (device for heating food), cooker

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay tambak (“embankment, dyke; banking, filling, levelling up, reclamation; causeway”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tambak.

Noun

tambak (plural tambak-tambak)

  1. fish pond
  2. dyke, levee, banking, leveling
    Synonyms: tebat, gili-gili, tanggul, bendung
  3. brackish water
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Malay tambak.

Noun

tambak (uncountable)

  1. black pomfret (Parastromateus niger)
  2. silver pomfret (Pampus chinensis)

Etymology 3

Noun

tambak (uncountable)

  1. a snapper, of species Lutjanus vaigiensis

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

tambak

  1. Romanization of ꦠꦩ꧀ꦧꦏ꧀

Malay

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tambak.

Noun

tambak (Jawi spelling تمبق, plural tambak-tambak, informal 1st possessive tambakku, 2nd possessive tambakmu, 3rd possessive tambaknya)

  1. embankment, dyke
  2. banking, filling, levelling up, reclamation (of low-tying land)
  3. causeway
    Synonym: koswe
    Tambak Johor-Singapura ― Johor-Singapore Causeway
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

Descendants
  • Indonesian: tambak

Etymology 2

Noun

tambak (Jawi spelling تمبق, plural tambak-tambak, informal 1st possessive tambakku, 2nd possessive tambakmu, 3rd possessive tambaknya)

  1. black pomfret (Parastromateus niger)
  2. silver pomfret (Pampus chinensis)
Descendants

Further reading

Maranao

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tambak.

Noun

tambak

  1. rampart

Verb

tambak

  1. to heap

References

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tambak. Compare Javanese ꦠꦩ꧀ꦧꦏ꧀ (tambak, “dyke”), Malay tambak (“embankment”), and Maranao tambak (“rampart”).

Pronunciation

Noun

tambák (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜋ᜔ᜊᜃ᜔)

  1. heap; pile; mound (of earth, garbage, stones, sand, etc.)
    Synonyms: bunton, tumpok
  2. accumulation (as of official papers not acted upon)
  3. act of filling up of a low place (with earth, garbage, stones, sand, etc.)
    Synonym: pagtatambak
  4. embankment; terrace
    Synonym: teraplen

Derived terms

See also

Adjective

tambák (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜋ᜔ᜊᜃ᜔)

  1. (sports, colloquial) on a substantial point disadvantage against an opponent

Further reading

  • “tambak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*tambak”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
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