tambang

• IPA^(key): [ˈtambaŋ]
• Hyphenation: tam‧bang

From Malay tambang (“mine”), from Minangkabau tambang (“mine”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tambeŋ (“covered, veiled”). Compare Maori tapa.

tambang (plural tambang-tambang)

1. mine: an excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels

   Synonym: lombong

From Betawi tambang (“rope”) or Javanese ꦠꦩ꧀ꦧꦁ (tambang, “thick rope, cable, hawser”), from Old Javanese tambaṅ (“rope, rein, bow-string”).

tambang (plural tambang-tambang)

1. tether: a rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement

   Synonyms: sampan, tambangan

2. tethering post

   Synonym: pancang

From Malay tambang (“fare, freight”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian [Term?]. Compare Maori tapa, Old Javanese tambaṅ (“to ferry, ferry fare”).

tambang (plural tambang-tambang)

1. (rare, dialectal) transportation cost
2. (rare, dialectal) rented transportation
3. (rare, dialectal) ferry: a ship used to transport people, smaller vehicles and goods from one port to another, usually on a regular schedule

   Synonyms: sampan, tambangan

4. (rare, dialectal) load: a certain number of articles or quantity of material that can be transported

The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore usage can be seen in Malay tambang.

• “tambang” 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.

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tambang (Jawi spelling تامبڠ)

1. fare, freight
2. ferry: a ship used to transport people, smaller vehicles and goods from one port to another, usually on a regular schedule.

   Synonyms: sampan, tambangan

3. load: a certain number of articles or quantity of material that can be transported

• Indonesian: tambang

From Minangkabau tambang (“mine”).

tambang

1. (rare) mine: an excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels.

   Synonym: lombong

• Indonesian: tambang

The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Indonesian usage can be seen in Indonesian tambang.

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

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tamˈbaŋ/ [t̪ɐmˈbaŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: tam‧bang

tambáng (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜋ᜔ᜊᜅ᜔)

1. ambush; waylaying; ambuscade

   Synonyms: pagtambang, pananambang, harang, pagharang, panghaharang, abat, pag-abat, pang-aabat, pagbakay

2. people lying in wait (for the enemy or wild game)

   Synonyms: abat, tagaabat

tambáng (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜋ᜔ᜊᜅ᜔)

1. wooden, bamboo, or metal peg in the ground to which a gamecock is tied

   Synonym: paltak

2. net trap or snare (for catching wild game or a person)
3. supporting poles of a net trap

• umang
• silo
• patibong