menambah

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay menambah. Equivalent to meng- +‎ tambah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mənambah/
• Rhymes: -ambah, -bah, -ah
• Hyphenation: me‧nam‧bah

Verb

menambah (passive ditambah)

1. (transitive) to add; adds; adding

Further reading

• “menambah”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Etymology

Affixation of men- +‎ ambah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məˈnambah/ [məˈnam.bah]

Verb

menambah

1. to add; to increase.

   Dia menambah gula ke dalam kopi. ― He added sugar into the coffee.

2. to augment; to enhance.

   Pihak sekolah berusaha menambah kemudahan sukan. ― The school is trying to increase sports facilities.

Usage notes

• Less common in contemporary Standard Malay than menambahkan, but still understood and sometimes used in formal or dialectal contexts.