ambat

== Malay == === Pronunciation === (Literary Standard, Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard) IPA(key): /ˈambat/ [ˈʔam.bat̪̚] Rhymes: -ambat, -bat, -at Hyphenation: am‧bat === Etymology 1 === From Brunei Malay ambat. Compare with hambat. ==== Noun ==== ambat (plural ambat-ambat or ambat2) (Brunei) A stick for beating. Synonym: pengambat === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ambet (“strap; something wrapped around”). ==== Noun ==== ambat (plural ambat-ambat or ambat2) noose (at the deck-end of a boat's stays). === Etymology 3 === From Minangkabau ambat. ==== Verb ==== ambat To obstruct. === Etymology 4 === From hambat. ==== Verb ==== ambat To pursue. === Further reading === "ambat" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017(also see "ambat" at PRPM first version) Wilkinson, R. J. (1946), “ambat”, in An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary, St. Martin's Street, London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd.