ambang
- Codium tenue; a species of green alga
Inherited fromMalayambang, fromClassical Malayامبڠ(ambang), fromProto-Malayic*hambaŋ, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*qabaŋ.
ambang (pluralambang-ambang)
- beam,girder
- Synonym:kayu palang
- brink,edge,verge
- ambang kehancuran ―brink of destruction
- (figurative)threshold,level
- Synonym:tingkat
- the outset of something; the point of entry, or the beginning of an action
- in the same position or rank
- (figurative)estuary
- Synonym:muara
- (rail transport)sleeper,railroad tie
- (ecology)range(the geographical area or zone where a species is normally naturally found)
- sill
- (geology)bar,shoal
- (Bengkulu dialect)squarevent,venthole
FromDeliMalay[Term?], probably related to Etymology 1.
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ambang (pluralambang-ambang)
- (dialectap)toolbox, contained in thefishingboat
FromBanjarese[Term?], probably related to Etymology 1 or fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*abaŋ₁, fromProto-Austronesian*abaŋ₁(“ambush, block the way; obstacle, hindrance”).
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ambang (pluralambang-ambang)
- a kind ofBanjareseparang that is short, heavy, straight-edged knife as a tool and weapon
ambang
- Romanization ofꦲꦩ꧀ꦧꦁ
FromProto-Malayic*hambaŋ, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*qabaŋ.
ambang (Jawi spellingامبڠ)
- brink, the time just before an event
ambang (Jawi spellingامبڠ,used in the formmengambang)
- tofloat(drift gently through the air)
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qabaŋ”, in the CLDF dataset fromThe Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–),→DOI
