lambat
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay lambat. Compare to Old Javanese jambat.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈlambat/ [ˈlam.bat̪̚]
- Rhymes: -ambat
- Syllabification: lam‧bat
Adjective
lambat (comparative lebih lambat, superlative paling lambat)
Derived terms
- berlambat-lambat (“to slow, slow down (on purpose); to take time”)
- kelambatan (“slowness”)
- keterlambatan (“lateness”)
- (uncommon) lambat-lambat (“(very) slowly”)
- lambat-lambatkan (“to make very slow”)
- (transitive) lambatkan (“to slow, slow down”)
- (intransitive) melambat (“to slow, slow down”)
- pelambat (“slower: one who causes to slow”)
- pelambatan (“the act of slowing, slowdown”)
- pemerlambat (“slower: one who causes to slow”)
- (transitive) perlambat (“to slow, slow down”)
- perlambatan (“slowing, slowdown”)
- selambat (“as slow as”)
- selambat-lambatnya (“as slow as possible; at the latest”)
- selambatnya (“as slow as possible”)
- terlambat (“slowest; late”)
Compounds
- lambat laun (“gradually”)
- paling lambat (“slowest; at the latest”)
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
- third-person singular present active subjunctive of lambō
Malay
Etymology
Might be akin to Old Javanese jambat.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lam.bat/
- Rhymes: -ambat
Adjective
lambat (Jawi spelling لمبت)
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
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Brunei Malay rambat (“cast net”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀambat. Compare Bikol Central lambat (“net”), Masbatenyo lambat (“net”), Aklanon eambat (“net”), and Cebuano gambat (“latticework”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /lamˈbat/ [lɐmˈbat̪̚]
- Rhymes: -at
- Syllabification: lam‧bat
Noun
lambát (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜋ᜔ᜊᜆ᜔)
- (fishing) fishing net; dragnet
- Synonyms: pukot, pamukot
- (loosely) net
- hairnet
- trap; snare
- catching with a net (of fish, birds, etc.)
Derived terms
- kalambatan
- lalambatin
- lambatin
- manlambat
See also
Further reading
- “lambat”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Zorc, David Paul (1985) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 4, page 199