tambak
English edit
Etymology edit
From Javanese ꦠꦩ꧀ꦧꦏ꧀ (tambak).
Noun edit
tambak (plural tambaks)
Anagrams edit
Bikol Central edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tambak.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tambák
Derived terms edit
Brunei Malay edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tambak
Indonesian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
- Inherited from Malay tambak (“embankment, dyke; banking, filling, levelling up, reclamation; causeway”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tambak.
- Semantic loan from Javanese ꦠꦩ꧀ꦧꦏ꧀ (tambak, “fish pond; dyke”).
Noun edit
tambak (plural tambak-tambak, first-person possessive tambakku, second-person possessive tambakmu, third-person possessive tambaknya)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
tambak (first-person possessive tambakku, second-person possessive tambakmu, third-person possessive tambaknya)
Related terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
tambak (first-person possessive tambakku, second-person possessive tambakmu, third-person possessive tambaknya)
- a kind of snapper, Lutjanus vaqiensis
References edit
- “tambak” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese edit
Romanization edit
tambak
- Romanization of ꦠꦩ꧀ꦧꦏ꧀
Malay edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tambak.
Noun edit
tambak (Jawi spelling تمبق, plural tambak-tambak, informal 1st possessive tambakku, 2nd possessive tambakmu, 3rd possessive tambaknya)
- embankment, dyke
- banking, filling, levelling up, reclamation (of low-tying land)
- causeway
- Synonym: koswe
- Tambak Johor-Singapura ― Johor-Singapore Causeway
Derived terms edit
Regular affixed derivations:
- penambak [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
- penambakan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
- tambakan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
- menambak [agent focus] (meN-)
- ditambak [patient focus] (di-)
- tertambak [agentless action] (teR-)
- bertambak [stative / habitual] (beR-)
Descendants edit
- Indonesian: tambak
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
tambak (Jawi spelling تمبق, plural tambak-tambak, informal 1st possessive tambakku, 2nd possessive tambakmu, 3rd possessive tambaknya)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Indonesian: tambak
Further reading edit
- “tambak” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Maranao edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tambak.
Noun edit
tambak
Verb edit
tambak
- to heap
References edit
- A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tambak. Compare Javanese ꦠꦩ꧀ꦧꦏ꧀ (tambak, “dyke”), Malay tambak (“embankment”), and Maranao tambak (“rampart”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tambák (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜋ᜔ᜊᜃ᜔)
- heap; pile; mound (of earth, garbage, stones, sand, etc.)
- accumulation (as of official papers not acted upon)
- act of filling up of a low place (with earth, garbage, stones, sand, etc.)
- Synonym: pagtatambak
- embankment; terrace
- Synonym: teraplen
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Adjective edit
tambák (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜋ᜔ᜊᜃ᜔)
- (sports, colloquial) on a substantial point disadvantage against an opponent