Bahasa Ambon - English Dictionary
Adapted from Bahasa Ambon - English Dictionary - edited by Chaumont B. Devin
For this dictionary, the letter, 'x', is used to symbolize the glottal stop. Bahasa Ambon has no short 'e' or schwa.
Note that the doubled vowel in the ultima of many words contracts to a single vowel when followed by another word.
For example, 'taloor' means 'egg,' whereas 'talor ayang' means 'hen's egg.'
Note: In Bahasa Ambon, the vowels, 'o' and 'u' are often freely interchangeable, but not always, the rules, as far as I know, as yet still undetermined.
Note: In Bahasa Ambon, there appears to be no distinction between the diphthongs, 'ae' and 'ai.'
To convert a word from standard Bahasa to Bahasa Ambon, in general one might employ the following shaky rules:
1. change short 'e' to 'a'. Examples: sendiri -> sandiri, sengaja -> sangaja, tempurung -> tampurung.
2. Redouble the vowels of stressed ultimate syllables. Examples: senang -> sanaang, betul -> batuul, tendang -> tandaang.
3. Drop terminal 'h' and 'k'. Examples: sungguh -> sunggu, pendek -> pende, lebih -> labee.
4. Change some 'ai' to 'e'. Examples: bagaimana -> bagemana, sampai -> sampe.
5. Convert some terminal 'u' to 'o': Example: burung -> burong, tempurung -> tampurong, sumur -> sumor, campur -> campor, sejuk -> sajoo.
6. Change some 'ai' to 'ae'. Examples: baik -> bae, naik -> nae, air -> aer.
7. Change some penultimate short 'e' to 'o'. Examples: tepuk -> topu, penuh -> ponu, sepuh -> sopu.
8. Change some penultimate short 'e' to 'i'. Example: pecah -> pica.
9. Change some penultimate short 'e' to long 'e'. Examples: berak -> bera, bengkok -> bengko.
Esoteric Abbreviations: PAN = Proto Austronesian, the reconstructed parent language of many peoples found in the region between eastern Africa and western South America.
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   Bahasa Ambon English
   
   steel    v. 1. set or adjust (a knob, screw, etc.). 2. show off in dress, stance, or style. cf. basteel.   
   steker    n. (electrical) plug.   
   steleng    n. fortification.   
   sterek    adj. strong in physique.   
   stiir    n. steering wheel. v. steer.   
   stoom    vi. (of a ship) blow (its) whistle.   
   stoomwaals    n. steam roller.   
   stoop    v. stop. Also barenti.   
   stopflees    n. a kind of stoppered glass jar.   
   storeng    n. static sound, as on a radio, interference.   
   stori    vi. speak.   
   stout    n. punching blow of the fist. Dia dapa stout satu kali mulu pica = He received such a blow that his mouth was cut open.   
   straat mata ampa    n. intersection.   
   streep    n. stripe.   
   streng    adj. strict.   
   stroom    n. electric current. Ontua mati kanal stroom = he died of electric shock. Also staroom.   
   su    adv. 1. past-tense marker. Dia su pii = He has gone. 2. yet, now. Su galaap ka balong? Is it dark yet? cf. suda.   
   sualap    n. unfinished timber. n. large, rough-hewn timber to be sawed into beams or planks: slab. cf. sosi.   
   suam-suam kuku    adj. warm. Mandi aer suam-suam kuku.   
   suang    n. fence post.   
   suanggi    n. 1. malevolent ghost that wanders out of a person's body while he/she is asleep. 2. person holding malicious magical powers.   
   suda    adv. 1. passed, finished, already happened. 2. enough (no more please). cf. su.   
   suet    n. perspiration.   
   suka    n. preference. v. like. adv. habitually. Suka bakupukul = fights a lot, has a habit of fighting.   
   sukong    see pohong sukong.   
   suku    n. 1. one fourth. 2. race. cf. sele.   
   sukung    see pohong sukong.   
   sukung utang    n. A wild breadfruit.   
   sukuur    n. profound thanks.   
   suling    n. flute, fife.   
   
 
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