lambat

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay lambat.

Adjective

lambat

1. slow (not quick in motion)

   Synonym: perlahan

   Antonyms: cepat, tangkas

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• lambat-lambat [reduplication] (redup)
• berlambat [stative / habitual] (beR-)
• melambatkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• melambat-lambatkan [reduplication + agent focus + causative benefactive] (redup + meN- + -kan)
• terlambat [agentless action] (teR-)
• keterlambatan [agentless action + abstract / locative] (teR- + ke-an)
• memperlambat [causative agent focus] (mempeR-)
• kelambatan [abstract / locative] (ke-an)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• lambat laun
• biar lambat asalkan selamat

Further reading

• “lambat” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Verb

lambat

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of lambō

Malay

Etymology

Might be akin to Old Javanese jambat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lam.bat/
• Rhymes: -ambat, -bat, -at

Adjective

lambat (Jawi spelling لمبت)

1. slow (not quick in motion)

   Synonym: perlahan

   Antonyms: cepat, pantas, tangkas

2. late (not punctual)

   Synonym: lewat

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• lambat-lambat [reduplication] (redup)
• berlambat [stative / habitual] (beR-)
• berlambat-lambat [reduplication + stative / habitual] (redup + beR-)
• berlambatan [stative / habitual + repetition / reciprocity] (beR- + -an)
• melambatkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• melambat-lambatkan [reduplication + agent focus + causative benefactive] (redup + meN- + -kan)
• memperlambat [causative agent focus] (mempeR-)
• terlambat [agentless action] (teR-)
• kelambatan [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
• pelambat [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• lambat laun
• selambat-lambatnya
• biar lambat asalkan selamat

Descendants

• Indonesian: lambat

Further reading

• “lambat” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• "lambat" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.

Masbatenyo

Noun

lambat

1. net

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀambat, possibly via Brunei Malay rambat (“cast net”). Compare Bikol Central lambat (“net”), Masbatenyo lambat (“net”), Aklanon eambat (“net”), and Cebuano gambat (“latticework”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /lamˈbat/ [lɐmˈbat]
• Rhymes: -at
• Syllabification: lam‧bat

Noun

lambát (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜋ᜔ᜊᜆ᜔)

1. (fishing) fishing net; dragnet

   Synonyms: pukot, pamukot

2. (loosely) net
3. hairnet
4. trap; snare

   Synonyms: silo, patibong, bitag

5. catching with a net (of fish, birds, etc.)

Derived terms

• kalambatan
• lalambatin
• lambatin
• manlambat

 

See also

• dala
• kitid
• pukot
• sakag
• sinsoro
• taksay
• talakop

 

Further reading

• “lambat”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018