Cebuano edit

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: am‧bang

Noun edit

ambang

  1. Codium tenue; a species of green alga

Indonesian edit

Etymology 1 edit

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 edit

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

Noun edit

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 edit
affixed terms
Compounds

Verb edit

ambang (used in the form mengambang)

  1. to float (drift gently through the air)
    Synonym: apung
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of ambang (meng-, transitive)
Root ambang
Active Involuntary Passive 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 edit

Etymology 2 edit

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 edit

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

Noun edit

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

  1. toolbox contained in the fishing boat.

Etymology 3 edit

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 edit

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

Noun edit

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 edit

Malay edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ambang (Jawi spelling امبڠ)

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

Verb edit

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

  1. to float (drift gently through the air)

Descendants edit

  • Indonesian: ambang