ampang

See also: Ampang

Indonesian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈam.paŋ/
  • Rhymes: -paŋ
  • Hyphenation: am‧pang

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay ampang (“eazy; light”), from Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hampaŋ (“easy, promiscuous”). Doublet of gampang.

Adjective

ampang

  1. easy
    Synonyms: gampang, mudah
  2. light (not heavy)
    Synonym: ringan

Etymology 2

Inherited from Malay ampang.

Noun

ampang (plural ampang-ampang, first-person possessive ampangku, second-person possessive ampangmu, third-person possessive ampangnya)

  1. dike, dyke; embankment

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Batak.

Noun

ampang (plural ampang-ampang, first-person possessive ampangku, second-person possessive ampangmu, third-person possessive ampangnya)

  1. (dialect, Batak) big basket

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Gayo.

Noun

ampang (plural ampang-ampang, first-person possessive ampangku, second-person possessive ampangmu, third-person possessive ampangnya)

  1. (dialect, Gayo) small mat

Further reading

Tagalog

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔamˈpaŋ/ [ʔɐmˈpaŋ]
  • Rhymes: -aŋ
  • Syllabification: am‧pang

Noun

ampáng (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋ᜔ᜉᜅ᜔)

  1. toddle (of infants, ducks, etc.)
    Synonyms: kulabat, pangungulabat
  2. slow, laborious walk

Derived terms
  • magpaampang-ampang
  • pag-ampang
  • umampang-ampang
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