ambang

Cebuano

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: am‧bang

Noun

ambang

  1. Codium tenue; a species of green alga

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈambaŋ/ [ˈam.baŋ]
  • Rhymes: -ambaŋ
  • Syllabification: am‧bang

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay ambang, from Classical Malay امبڠ (ambang), from Proto-Malayic *hambaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabaŋ.

Noun

ambang (plural ambang-ambang)

  1. beam, girder
    Synonym: kayu palang
  2. brink, edge, verge
    ambang kehancuran ― brink of destruction
  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
  5. (rail transport) sleeper, railroad tie
  6. (ecology) range (the geographical area or zone where a species is normally naturally found)
  8. sill
  9. (geology) bar, shoal
  10. (Bengkulu dialect) square vent, venthole
Derived terms
  • ambangan (“bigeye emperor”)
  • mengambang (“to float”)
  • mengambang-ambang (“to float around”)
  • terambang (“floated”)
  • terambang-ambang (“floated around”)
  • ambang aerobik
  • ambang anaerob
  • ambang anaerobik
  • ambang atas asupan
  • ambang batas
  • ambang bawah harga
  • ambang Geiger
  • ambang ginjal
  • ambang jendela
  • ambang kepekaan
  • ambang laktat
  • ambang laut
  • ambang mutlak
  • ambang numerik infeksi
  • ambang pengaman jalan
  • ambang perolehan suara
  • ambang pintu
  • ambang rangsang
  • ambang spasial
  • ambang suhu
  • ambang trofik

Etymology 2

From Deli Malay [Term?], probably related to Etymology 1.

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Noun

ambang (plural ambang-ambang)

  1. (dialectap) toolbox, contained in the fishing boat

Etymology 3

From Banjarese [Term?], probably related to Etymology 1 or from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *abaŋ₁, from Proto-Austronesian *abaŋ₁ (“ambush, block the way; obstacle, hindrance”).

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Noun

ambang (plural ambang-ambang)

  1. a kind of Banjarese parang that is short, heavy, straight-edged knife as a tool and weapon

References

Javanese

Romanization

ambang

  1. romanization of ꦲꦩ꧀ꦧꦁ

Malay

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *hambaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabaŋ.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈambaŋ/ [ˈam.baŋ]
  • Rhymes: -ambaŋ, -baŋ, -aŋ
  • Hyphenation: am‧bang

Noun

ambang (Jawi spelling امبڠ, plural ambang-ambang)

  1. brink, the time just before an event

Verb

ambang

  1. infinitive of mengambang (“to float (drift gently through the air)”)

Descendants

  • > Indonesian: ambang (inherited)

References

  1. ^ Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qabaŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

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