bambang

Acehnese

Etymology

Through consonant assimilation of bangbang.

Noun

bambang

1. alternative form of bangbang

Javanese

Romanization

bambang

1. romanization of ꦧꦩ꧀ꦧꦁ

Makasar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbambaŋ/, [ˈɓãm.ɓãŋ]
• Hyphenation: bam‧bang

Adjective

bambang (Lontara spelling ᨅᨅ or 𑻤𑻲)

1. hot; warm

   Taua tabambang nurammasaʼmo ikau

   The people are not hot and you are shivering with fever (idiomatic: tone it down; said to one of two arguing people who is getting worked up while the other remains calm).

   Tabambangapi pammempoanta na nitoanamakiʼ

   Our seat was not yet warm before we were already treated/welcomed (meaning: we had not been seated for long).

2. feverish
3. bringing misfortune or bad consequences (e.g., of a house after a death, which must be neutralized with passili, or of a bad deed)
4. magically risky (e.g., of certain marriage alliances, such as between firstborn full cousins)
5. spicy
6. very eager to do something

Noun

bambang (Lontara spelling ᨅᨅ or 𑻤𑻲, definite bambanga, 3rd person possessive bambanna)

1. heat

   Na ciniki bambanna

   He sees the heat of it (idiomatic: he experiences the bad consequences of his bad deeds).

   Ammumbai bambanna

   Its heat comes out (idiomatic: the bad consequences of the crime reveal themselves).

   Bambangìji ceraʼna

   His blood still has heat (idiomatic: referring to someone whose position has declined but is still honored as a descendant of a ruler).

   Bambangi lekoʼ-tolingku

   My ears feel hot (idiomatic: I am furious).

Derived terms

affixations

• bambàngi
• kabambangang
• pakabambang
• pambambàngi
• paʼbambangang
• sibambangi

reduplications

• bambang-bambanga

compounds

• bambang allo
• bambang anngopaʼ-opaʼ
• bambang ilalang
• bambang kale
• bambang lada
• bambang marica
• bambang paʼmaiʼ
• bambang pepeʼ
• kana bambang
• kareba bambang

Further reading

• Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek [Makasar-Dutch dictionary], 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Maranao

Verb

bambang

1. to bruise

Derived terms

• bambabambang

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /bamˈbaŋ/ [bɐmˈbaŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: bam‧bang

Noun

bambáng (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜋ᜔ᜊᜅ᜔)

1. drain; gutter; ditch

Derived terms

• bambangan
• bambangin

Related terms

• kanal
• paagusan

Yogad

Noun

bambáng

1. (anatomy) ear