hĕmban

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Old Javanese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Affixed ĕban (“box, case, casket”) +‎ -um-.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /(h)əm.ban/
  • Rhymes: -ban
  • Hyphenation: hem‧ban

Noun[edit]

hĕmban

  1. that which carries or encloses
  2. assistant
  3. guardian

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Descendants[edit]

  • Javanese: ꦲꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦤ꧀ (emban)
    • → Indonesian: emban (semantic loan)

Further reading[edit]

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