tamban

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tamban (“sardine”).

• Hyphenation: tam‧ban

tamban

1. any of several fish species:
   1. the rainbow sardine (Dussumieria acuta)
   2. the slender rainbow sardine (Dussumieria elopsoides)
   3. the smoothbelly sardinella (Amblygaster leiogaster)
   4. the Northern pilchard (Amblygaster sirm)
   5. the white sardinella (Sardinella albella)
   6. the fringescale sardinella (Sardinella fimbriata)
2. the hard milkwood (Alstonia macrophylla)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tamban.

• IPA^(key): /tamban/
• Rhymes: -mban, -ban, -an
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [ˈtäm.bän]

tamban (Jawi spelling تمبن, plural tamban-tamban, informal 1st possessive tambanku, 2nd possessive tambanmu, 3rd possessive tambannya)

1. herring

• Indonesian: tamban

• “tamban” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tamban.

• IPA^(key): /tamˈban/, [tɐmˈban]
• Hyphenation: tam‧ban

tambán (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜋ᜔ᜊᜈ᜔)

1. Indian oil sardine (Sardinella longiceps)
2. white sardinella (Sardinella albella)

   Synonyms: halubaybay, bagasbas

• halubaybay
• silinyasi
• tunsoy
• balbakwa