semang
Ambonese Malay edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saʀman.
Noun edit
semang
References edit
- D. Takaria, C. Pieter (1998) Kamus Bahasa Melayu Ambon-Indonesia[1], Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Malay semang, from Proto-Aslian *səmaaʔ (“human”), from Austroasiatic.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
semang (plural semang-semang, first-person possessive semangku, second-person possessive semangmu, third-person possessive semangnya)
- patron-client relationship
Further reading edit
- “semang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.