ambon

See also: Ambon

English

Noun

ambon (plural ambons)

1. Alternative form of ambo.

Anagrams

• Boman, Mabon, Nambo

Aklanon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ambun.

Noun

ambon

1. fog; mist; haze

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ambun, from Proto-Austronesian *ambun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔamˈbon/ [ʔamˈbon̪]
• Hyphenation: am‧bon

Noun

ambón (Basahan spelling ᜀᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜈ᜔)

1. fog; mist; haze

   Synonym: dampog

2. (Naga) dew

   Synonym: tunog

Derived terms

• maambon
• maambonan
• mag-ambon

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.bɔ̃/

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Noun

ambon m (plural ambons)

1. (architecture) ambon

Further reading

• “ambon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Ngaju

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ambun.

Noun

ambon

1. dew; fog

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ambun (“dew, mist, fog”). Compare Aklanon ambon (“fog; mist; haze”) and Malay embun (“dew”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔamˈbon/ [ʔɐmˈbon̪]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: am‧bon

Noun

ambón (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜈ᜔)

1. drizzle; light rain

   Synonyms: gawangan, (idiomatic) ihing langgam, (Boac Marinduque) alandahaw

Derived terms

• ambon-ambon
• ambunin
• maambon
• maambunan
• magpaambon
• paambunan
• umambon
• umambon-ambon

Further reading

• “ambon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*ambun”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI