ambon

ambon (plural ambons)

1. Alternative form of ambo.

• Boman, Mabon, Nambo

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ambun.

ambon

1. fog; mist; haze

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ambun, from Proto-Austronesian *ambun.

• IPA^(key): /ʔamˈbon/ [ʔamˈbon̪]
• Hyphenation: am‧bon

ambón (Basahan spelling ᜀᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜈ᜔)

1. fog; mist; haze

   Synonym: dampog

2. (Naga) dew

   Synonym: tunog

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.bɔ̃/

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ambon m (plural ambons)

1. (architecture) ambon

• “ambon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ambun.

ambon

1. dew; fog

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ambun (“dew, mist, fog”). Compare Aklanon ambon (“fog; mist; haze”) and Malay embun (“dew”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔamˈbon/ [ʔɐmˈbon̪]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: am‧bon

ambón (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜈ᜔)

1. drizzle; light rain

   Synonyms: gawangan, (idiomatic) ihing langgam, (Boac Marinduque) alandahaw

• “ambon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*ambun”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI