ꦲꦩ꧀ꦧ

Javanese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (Standard, Mataram) /ɔmbɔ/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Javanese amba (“broad, wide”)

Adjective

ꦲꦩ꧀ꦧ (amba) (ngoko)

  1. (ngoko) wide
    Synonym: (krama) ꦮꦶꦪꦂ (wiyar)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Javanese amba, hamba (“servant, common soldier, comrade”), from Sanskrit.

Noun

ꦲꦩ꧀ꦧ (amba)

  1. (literary) servant

Pronoun

ꦲꦩ꧀ꦧ (amba)

  1. (literary) I, me: first-person pronoun.

Further reading
  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “amba”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
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