ambang

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Cebuano

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: am‧bang

Noun

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ambang

  1. Codium tenue; a species of green alga

Indonesian

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Etymology 1

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From Malay ambang, from Classical Malay امبڠ (ambang), from Proto-Malayic *hambaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *hambaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *hambaŋ, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabaŋ.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈambaŋ]
  • Hyphenation: am‧bang

Noun

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ambang (first-person possessive ambangku, second-person possessive ambangmu, third-person possessive ambangnya)

  1. beam, girder.
    Synonym: kayu palang
  2. edge, verge.
  3. (figurative) threshold, level.
    Synonym: tingkat
    1. the outset of something; the point of entry, or the beginning of an action.
    2. in the same position or rank.
  4. (figurative) estuary.
    Synonym: muara
Derived terms
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affixed terms
Compounds

Verb

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ambang (used in the form mengambang)

  1. to float (drift gently through the air)
    Synonym: apung
Conjugation
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Conjugation of ambang (meng-, transitive)
Root ambang
Active Involuntary Passive Basic /
Imperative
Jussive
Active mengambang terambang diambang ambang
Locative mengambangi terambangi diambangi ambangi
Causative / Applicative1 mengambangkan terambangkan diambangkan ambangkan ambangkanlah
Causative
Locative
Causative / Applicative1
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Notes:
Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.
Affixed terms
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Etymology 2

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From Deli Malay [Term?], probably related to Etymology 1. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈambaŋ]
  • Hyphenation: am‧bang

Noun

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ambang (first-person possessive ambangku, second-person possessive ambangmu, third-person possessive ambangnya)

  1. toolbox contained in the fishing boat.

Etymology 3

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From Banjarese [Term?], probably related to Etymology 1 or from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *abaŋ₁, from Proto-Austronesian *abaŋ₁ (ambush, block the way; obstacle, hindrance). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈambaŋ]
  • Hyphenation: am‧bang

Noun

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ambang (first-person possessive ambangku, second-person possessive ambangmu, third-person possessive ambangnya)

  1. A kind of Banjarese parang a short, heavy, straight-edged knife as a tool and weapon.

Further reading

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Malay

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayic *hambaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *hambaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *hambaŋ, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabaŋ.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ambang (Jawi spelling امبڠ)

  1. the time just before an event, the brink of an event

Verb

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ambang (Jawi spelling امبڠ, used in the form mengambang)

  1. to float (drift gently through the air)

Descendants

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  • Indonesian: ambang