tamba

== Indonesian == === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈtamba/ [ˈt̪am.ba] Rhymes: -amba Syllabification: tam‧ba === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Enrekang [Term?] (Massenrempulu), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tambar (“antidote”). Compare to Javanese ꦠꦩ꧀ꦧ (tamba, “medicine”). ==== Noun ==== tamba (plural tamba-tamba) a Massenrempulu typical herbal medicine made from bitter melon leaves, shallots, honey and sumba, which functions as a medicine for measles and fever. [since 2024] ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Banjarese [Term?]. ==== Noun ==== tamba (plural tamba-tamba) prawn trap made from bamboo slats woven with rattan to form a heart-shaped tube [since 2024] === Further reading === “tamba”, 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 == Javanese == === Romanization === tamba romanization of ꦠꦩ꧀ꦧ == Malay == === Verb === tamba (1924-1972) obsolete spelling of tambah == Old Javanese == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tam.ba/ Rhymes: -ba Hyphenation: tam‧ba === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tambar (“antidote”) (compare Malay tawar (“tasteless”), Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tambal (“to mend, to patch”)). ==== Noun ==== tamba cure, remedy, medicine Synonyms: jampi, jampyan, oṣadha, oṣadhi, tamba, tambā, uṣadha, uwat, waidya, wedya ===== Alternative forms ===== tambā ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Javanese: ꦠꦩ꧀ꦧ (tamba) === Etymology 2 === Unknown, probably affixation of amba (“broad, wide”) +‎ ta-. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Root ==== tamba tardy, slow ===== Derived terms ===== === Further reading === "tamba" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982. == Swahili == === Pronunciation === === Verb === -tamba (infinitive kutamba) to narrate, to recount ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Nominal derivations: mtambaji (“narrator”)