tambak
English
Etymology
From Javanese ꦠꦩ꧀ꦧꦏ꧀ (tambak).
Noun
tambak (plural tambaks)
- In Java, a brackish pond for raising fish and growing rice.
Anagrams
- maktab
Bikol Central
Alternative forms
- tumbok
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tambak.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: tam‧bak
- IPA(key): /tamˈbak/
Noun
tambák
- head; mound
- Synonyms: dagmang, tumpok
Derived terms
- magtambak
- tambakon
Brunei Malay
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tambak/
- Hyphenation: tam‧bak
Noun
tambak
- stove (device for heating food), cooker
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtambak]
- Hyphenation: tam‧bak
Etymology 1
From Javanese ꦠꦩ꧀ꦧꦏ꧀ (tambak) or Malay tambak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tambak.
Noun
tambak (plural tambak-tambak, first-person possessive tambakku, second-person possessive tambakmu, third-person possessive tambaknya)
- fish pond
- dyke, levee, banking, leveling
- Synonyms: tebat, gili-gili, tanggul, bendung
- brackish water
Derived terms
- bertambak
- bertambak
- ikan tambak
- jalan tambak
- kota tambak
- menambak
- penambak
- penambakan
- petambak
- petani tambak
- tambakan
- tanah tambak
Etymology 2
From Malay tambak.
Noun
tambak (first-person possessive tambakku, second-person possessive tambakmu, third-person possessive tambaknya)
- black pomfret, Parastromateus niger
- silver pomfret, Pampus chinensis
Related terms
- bawal
Noun
tambak (first-person possessive tambakku, second-person possessive tambakmu, third-person possessive tambaknya)
- a kind of snapper, Lutjanus vaqiensis
References
- “tambak” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese
Romanization
tambak
- Romanization of ꦠꦩ꧀ꦧꦏ꧀
Malay
Etymology 1
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tambak.
Noun
tambak (Jawi spelling تمبق, plural tambak-tambak, informal 1st possessive tambakku, 2nd possessive tambakmu, 3rd possessive tambaknya)
- embankment, dyke
- banking, filling, levelling up, reclamation (of low-tying land)
- causeway
- Synonym: koswe
- Tambak Johor-Singapura ― Johor-Singapore Causeway
Derived terms
Regular affixed derivations:
- penambak [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
- penambakan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
- tambakan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
- menambak [agent focus] (meN-)
- ditambak [patient focus] (di-)
- tertambak [agentless action] (teR-)
- bertambak [stative / habitual] (beR-)
Descendants
- Indonesian: tambak
Noun
tambak (Jawi spelling تمبق, plural tambak-tambak, informal 1st possessive tambakku, 2nd possessive tambakmu, 3rd possessive tambaknya)
- black pomfret, Parastromateus niger
- silver pomfret, Pampus chinensis
Related terms
- bawal
Descendants
- Indonesian: tambak
Further reading
- “tambak” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Maranao
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tambak.
Noun
tambak
- rampart
Verb
tambak
- to heap
References
- A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tambak. Compare Javanese ꦠꦩ꧀ꦧꦏ꧀ (tambak, “dyke”), Malay tambak (“embankment”), and Maranao tambak (“rampart”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: tam‧bak
- IPA(key): /tamˈbak/, [tɐmˈbak]
Noun
tambák (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜋ᜔ᜊᜃ᜔)
- heap; pile; mound (of earth, garbage, stones, sand, etc.)
- Synonyms: bunton, tumpok
- accumulation (as of official papers not acted upon)
- act of filling up of a low place (with earth, garbage, stones, sand, etc.)
- Synonym: pagtatambak
- embankment; terrace
- Synonym: teraplen
Derived terms
- itambak
- magtambak
- mapatambak
- matambak
- matambakan
- nakatambak
- pagtatambak
- panambak
- pantambak
- patambakan
- santambak
- tambakan
- tambakan ng basura
- tumambak