ambah
Indonesian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From DutchCategory:Indonesian terms borrowed from Dutch#AMBAHCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Dutch#AMBAH ambacht, from Middle DutchCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Middle Dutch#AMBAH ambacht, from Old DutchCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Old Dutch#AMBAH ambacht, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Germanic#AMBAH *ambahtaz, from GaulishCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Gaulish#AMBAH ambaxtos, from Proto-CelticCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Celtic#AMBAH *ambaxtos. Cognate with German Amt.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian)
- Syllabification: am‧bah
Noun
ambah (plural ambah-ambah)Category:Indonesian lemmas#AMBAHCategory:Indonesian nouns#AMBAHCategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#AMBAHCategory:Pages with entries#AMBAHCategory:Pages with 2 entries#AMBAH
- (obsoleteCategory:Indonesian terms with obsolete senses#AMBAH) handcraft, artisanry
- Synonym: pertukangan
Derived terms
Further reading
- “ambah”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Malay
Etymology
From Malay dialectal / classical usage. Related to tambah (“to add”).
Pronunciation
Verb
ambahCategory:Malay lemmas#AMBAHCategory:Malay verbs#AMBAHCategory:Malay entries with incorrect language header#AMBAHCategory:Pages with entries#AMBAHCategory:Pages with 2 entries#AMBAH
- to add; to increase.
- Dia ambah garam ke dalam sup. ― He added salt into the soup.Category:Malay terms with usage examples#AMBAH
- to raise; to lift up (in some dialectal usage).