ambang

Cebuano

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: am‧bang

Noun

ambang

  1. Codium tenue; a species of green alga

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay ambang, from Proto-Malayic *hambaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *hambaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *hambaŋ, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *hambaŋ, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabaŋ.

Noun

ambang (plural ambang-ambang, first-person possessive ambangku, second-person possessive ambangmu, third-person possessive ambangnya)

  1. edge
  2. verge

Verb

ambang (used in the form mengambang)

  1. to float (drift gently through the air)

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *hambaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *hambaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *hambaŋ, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *hambaŋ, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabaŋ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ambaŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ambaŋ, -baŋ, -aŋ

Verb

ambang (Jawi spelling امبڠ, used in the form mengambang)

  1. to float (drift gently through the air)

Descendants
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