ambah

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈambah/ [ˈam.bah]
    • Rhymes: -ambah
  • IPA^(key): /amˈbah/ [amˈbah]
    • Rhymes: -ah
• Syllabification: am‧bah

Etymology 1

From Dutch ambacht, from Middle Dutch ambacht, from Old Dutch ambacht, from Proto-Germanic *ambahtaz, from Gaulish ambaxtos, from Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos. Cognate with German Amt.

Noun

ambah (plural ambah-ambah)

1. (obsolete) handcraft, artisanry

   Synonym: pertukangan

Alternative forms

• ambach (1901–1947)

Derived terms

• sekolah ambah

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Malay [Term?] (Riau).

Noun

ambah (plural ambah-ambah)

1. (dialect) unpleasant movements as an expression of anger. [since 2018]

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Minangkabau [Term?].

Adjective

ambah (comparative lebih ambah, superlative paling ambah)

1. (dialect) not many restrictions. [since 2018]

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

• IPA^(key): /am.bah/

Verb

ambah

1. to add; to increase.

   Dia ambah garam ke dalam sup. ― He added salt into the soup.

2. to raise; to lift up (in some dialectal usage).

Derived terms

Affixations

• ditambah
• menambah
• menambahkan
• tambahan