hĕmban

Old Javanese

Etymology

Affixed ĕban (“box, case, casket”) +‎ -um-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /(h)əm.ban/
  • Rhymes: -ban
  • Hyphenation: hem‧ban

Noun

hĕmban

  1. that which carries or encloses
  2. assistant
  3. guardian

Alternative forms

  • ĕmban

Derived terms

  • ahĕmbanan
  • aṅhĕmban
  • hinĕmban
  • hinĕmbanakĕn
  • hinĕmbanan
  • humĕmbanakĕn
  • hĕmbanan
  • inĕmban?
  • kahĕmban
  • mahĕmban
  • makahĕmbanan
  • paṅhĕmban

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦲꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦤ꧀ (emban)
    • → Indonesian: emban (semantic loan)

Further reading

  • "hĕmban" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
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