ambil

Inherited from Malay ambil, from Classical Malay امبيل (ambil).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈambil/ [ˈam.bɪl]

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• Rhymes: -ambil
• Syllabification: am‧bil

ambil (active mengambil, passive diambil)

1. to take (in most senses); to take up
   • 2019, Beni Irawan, dkk, Tanda Tanya‎^[1], CV Jejak, page 196:

     Selaku mengambil saran dari Imla, Semi berdiri kemudian memperhatikan sekitar.

     As if taking Imla's advice, Semi stood up and looked around.

   • 2017, T.O. Ihromi, editor, Pokok-pokok antropologi budaya‎^[2], Yayasan Pustaka Obor Indonesia, page 196:

     Sekali-sekali ada suami yang hendak membuat hidupnya lebih menarik dengan mengambil istri kedua, dan hal demikian diizinkan oleh hukum adat.

     Once in a while a husband wants to make his life more interesting by taking a second wife, and this is permitted by customary law.

   • 2020, Sara Wijayanto, Wingit‎^[3], PT Elex Media Komputindo, page 113:

     Di bisa mengambil nyawa semudah menjentikkan jari. Hebat, bukan?

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1987, S. S. Rumani, Permainan anak-anak dari Jawa‎^[4], Intan, page 45:

     Bola dilempar, ambil satu anak bekel tinggal satu (menjadi 4 anak bekel, tetap digenggam), bola ditangkap

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2018, Mahbub Djunaidi, Asal Usul‎^[5], IRCISOD, page 100:

     Gampang. Nanti di Jakarta tuan ambil taksi, pergi jurusan Bintaro. Tanya siapa saja, pasti orang kenal Ramadhan itu.

     Easy. Later in Jakarta, sir, take a taxi, go to Bintaro. Ask anyone, they will definitely know about that Ramadhan.

   • 2005, Motinggo Busye, Dalam kasih putih‎^[6], Azalea, page 17:

     "Ketika SMP meloncat satu kelas. Kelas dua, saya ambil ujian akhir dan lulus."

     "When I was in junior high school, I skipped a grade. In second grade, I took the final exam and passed."

   • 2019, Abdul Aziz Al-Badri, Hitam Putih Wajah Ulama dan Penguasa‎^[7], Penerbit Darul Falah, page 215:

     Tetapi orang-orang yang berselisih pendapat itu tidak mau mengambil perkataan para ulama dalam hal ini.

     But those who disagree do not want to take the words of the scholars on this matter.

   • 2000, Barbara Stevens Barnum, translated by Brahms U. Pendit, edited by Palupi Widyastuti, Penulisan Penerbitan Buku‎^[8], Penerbit Buku Kedokteran EGC, page 60:

     Tabel dan gambar banyak mengambil ruang pencetakan, dan penyunting biasanya menghilangkannya apabila isinya dapat dijelaskan dalam pembahasan.

     Tables and figures take up a lot of printing space, and editors usually omit them if their content can be explained in the discussion.

   • 2018, DIS, 157 Hari Mencari Makna Hidup‎^[9], page 95:

     "Sini saya ambil foto kalian, entar gantian bantu ambil foto untuk saya ..."

     "Come here, I will take your photos, later you take turns taking photos for me ..."

• “ambil” 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.

• ambik, amik (informal)

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• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): /ˈambel/ [ˈam.bel]
  • Rhymes: -el

• (Baku) IPA^(key): /ˈambil/ [ˈam.bil]
  • Rhymes: -il
• Hyphenation: am‧bil

ambil (Jawi spelling امبيل)

1. to take

• > Indonesian: ambil (inherited)

• “ambil” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.