Old Javanese

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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hĕmban

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

Alternative forms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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

Further reading

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