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Bahasa Ambon - English Dictionary
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Adapted from Bahasa Ambon - English Dictionary - edited by Chaumont B. Devin
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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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| ikang kapalamada |
n. dolphin (mahi-mahi), (Coryphaena hippurus). |
| ikang kawalinya |
n. A marine bait fish. PAN qawas, a mullet, Neomyxus chaptalii. PAN qawan, the milkfish: Chanos chanos. |
| ikang kees |
n. mangrove mudskipper fish. |
| ikang kerong-kerong |
n. A fish. |
| ikang koe |
n. A fish. |
| ikang komu |
n. The bonito, a fish (genus Sarda). |
| ikang kuda |
n. sea horse. a small marine fish of the genus Hippocampus. |
| ikang lasi |
n. A fish, the spotted mackerel, Sawaraniphonia Cuvier. |
| ikang layar |
n. A fish, the Pacific sailfish, Istiophorus orientalis. |
| ikang lema |
n. a fish.
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| ikang lema batu |
n. A fish, Leaping bonito, Cybiosarda elegans.
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| ikang lolosi |
n. A fish, evidently a smaller species of what is called "yellowtail" in California. |
| ikang lomba-lomba |
n. whale.
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| ikang lompa |
n. A fish. |
| ikang make |
n. A fish, Southern herring, Harengulaabbreviata Valenciennes. |
| ikang momar |
n. A fish. |
| ikang mulu tikus |
n. A fish, the blue catfish, Neoarius australis. |
| ikang nasi |
n. A small marine fish. |
| ikang pari biasa |
n. The blue-spotted stingray, Amphotistiuskuhlii Muller and Henle.
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| ikang pari bunga-bunga |
n. The blue-spotted fantail ray, Taeniuralymna Forskal. |
| ikang pari marsegu |
n. The spotted eagle ray, Aetobatusnarinari Euphrasen. |
| ikang pari pasir isi |
n. The stingaree, Urolophustestaceus Muller and Henle. |
| ikang paus |
n. whale. |
| ikang paus-paus |
n. whale. Also lomba-lomba. |
| ikang puri |
n. A small marine fish often used to bait skip jack. |
| ikang putilai |
n. A tuna fish having soft bones. |
| ikang raja bau |
n. A fish, Many-lined sweetlips, Plectorhynchus goldmanni. |
| ikang roto |
n. A marine fish, the Jewfish. |
| ikang saku lau |
n. marlin. |
| ikang salmaneet |
n. a marine rock fish. |
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