ꦲꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦤ꧀

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese ĕmban, hĕmban (“that which carries or encloses; assistant and guardian”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /əm.ban/
  • Rhymes: -ban
  • Hyphenation: em‧ban

Noun

ꦲꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦤ꧀ (emban)

  1. nursemaid

Derived terms
  • ꦔꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦤꦏꦺ (ngembanaké)
  • ꦔꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦤꦶ (ngembani)
  • ꦔꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦤ꧀ (ngemban)
  • ꦲꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦤꦤ꧀ (embanan)
  • ꦲꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦤ꧀ꦲꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦤꦤ꧀ (emban-embanan)

Descendants
  • → Indonesian: emban (semantic loan)

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