lambat

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay lambat. Compare to Old Javanese jambat.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈlambat/ [ˈlam.bat̪̚]
• Rhymes: -ambat
• Syllabification: lam‧bat

Adjective

lambat (comparative lebih lambat, superlative paling lambat)

1. slow (not quick in motion)

   Synonym: pelan

   Antonyms: cepat, tangkas

Derived terms

• berlambat-lambat (“to slow, slow down (on purpose); to take time”)
• kelambatan (“slowness”)
• keterlambatan (“lateness”)
• (uncommon) lambat-lambat (“(very) slowly”)
• lambat-lambatkan (“to make very slow”)
• (transitive) lambatkan (“to slow, slow down”)
• (intransitive) melambat (“to slow, slow down”)
• pelambat (“slower: one who causes to slow”)
• pelambatan (“the act of slowing, slowdown”)
• pemerlambat (“slower: one who causes to slow”)
• (transitive) perlambat (“to slow, slow down”)
• perlambatan (“slowing, slowdown”)
• selambat (“as slow as”)
• selambat-lambatnya (“as slow as possible; at the latest”)
• selambatnya (“as slow as possible”)
• terlambat (“slowest; late”)

Compounds

• lambat laun (“gradually”)
• paling lambat (“slowest; at the latest”)

Further reading

• “lambat”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Latin

Verb

lambat

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of lambō

Malay

Etymology

Might be akin to Old Javanese jambat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lam.bat/
• Rhymes: -ambat

Adjective

lambat (Jawi spelling لمبت, comparative lebih lambat, superlative paling lambat)

1. slow (not quick in motion)

   Synonym: pelan

   Antonyms: cepat, pantas, tangkas

2. late (not punctual)

   Synonym: lewat

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• lambat-lambat [reduplication] (redup)
• berlambat [stative / habitual] (beR-)
• berlambat-lambat [reduplication + stative / habitual] (redup + beR-)
• berlambatan [stative / habitual + repetition / reciprocity] (beR- + -an)
• melambatkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• melambat-lambatkan [reduplication + agent focus + causative benefactive] (redup + meN- + -kan)
• memperlambat [causative agent focus] (mempeR-)
• terlambat [agentless action] (teR-)
• kelambatan [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
• pelambat [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• lambat laun
• selambat-lambatnya
• biar lambat asalkan selamat

Descendants

• Indonesian: lambat

Further reading

• "lambat" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
• “lambat”, in Kamus Dewan [The Institute Dictionary] (in Malay), Fourth edition, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2005, →ISBN

Masbatenyo

Noun

lambat

1. net

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Brunei Malay rambat (“cast net”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀambat. Compare Bikol Central lambat (“net”), Masbatenyo lambat (“net”), Aklanon eambat (“net”), and Cebuano gambat (“latticework”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /lamˈbat/ [lɐmˈbat̪̚]
• Rhymes: -at
• Syllabification: lam‧bat

Noun

lambát (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜋ᜔ᜊᜆ᜔)

1. (fishing) fishing net; dragnet

   Synonyms: pukot, pamukot

2. (loosely) net
3. hairnet
4. trap; snare

   Synonyms: silo, patibong, bitag

5. catching with a net (of fish, birds, etc.)

Derived terms

• kalambatan
• lalambatin
• lambatin
• manlambat

See also

• dala
• kitid
• pukot
• sakag
• sinsoro
• taksay
• talakop

Further reading

• “lambat”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
• Zorc, David Paul (1985), Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 4, page 199

Anagrams

• tambal