ambang
Cebuano edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: am‧bang
Noun edit
ambang
- 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
Noun edit
ambang (first-person possessive ambangku, second-person possessive ambangmu, third-person possessive ambangnya)
- beam, girder.
- Synonym: kayu palang
- edge, verge.
- (figurative) threshold, level.
- Synonym: tingkat
- the outset of something; the point of entry, or the beginning of an action.
- in the same position or rank.
- (figurative) estuary.
- Synonym: muara
Derived terms edit
Verb edit
ambang (used in the form mengambang)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of ambang (meng-, transitive) | |||||
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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
Noun edit
ambang (first-person possessive ambangku, second-person possessive ambangmu, third-person possessive ambangnya)
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
Noun edit
ambang (first-person possessive ambangku, second-person possessive ambangmu, third-person possessive ambangnya)
Further reading edit
- “ambang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
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)
- the time just before an event, the brink of an event
Verb edit
ambang (Jawi spelling امبڠ, used in the form mengambang)
- to float (drift gently through the air)
Descendants edit
- Indonesian: ambang