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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   karompi    v. chew (tobacco).   
   karonci    n. garland for a person who has died before being married.   
   karoong    n. 1. Tails, the side of the Rp25 coin with no image, only the numerical value (in colonial times, there was an image of a crown). 2. A game similar to heads-or-tails (Asilulu).   
   karoyo    v. gang up on.   
   karpus    n. baby bonnet.   
   karsaang panjang    n. long trousers.   
   kartaas    n. paper.   
   kartapeel    n. slingshot.   
   kartas minya    n. wax paper.   
   kartasliling    n. glossy translucent paper of some color.   
   kartou    n. pair of undershorts made from flour-sack cotton and held in place by a strip of rubber cut from an old automobile tire inner tube.   
   karupuk    n. shrimp cracker.   
   karuus    adj. thin, gaunt.   
   kas    see kasi.   
   kas-    prefix to form causative verbs.   
   kasana    adv. that way, thither. Ant. kamari.   
   kasar    adj. 1. rough. Meja kasar = a rough table. 2. coarse, crude. Orang kasar = crude person. stori kasar = rough talk. n. rough spot. Palaas kasar-kasar kasi alus. = Sand the rough spots until smooth.   
   kasbadiri    vt. stand (something) up.   
   kasbae    vt. allow.   
   kasbi    n. cassava, a plant of the genus Manihot, having a large, starchy root.   
   kasdudu    vt. set. Kasdudu aer panas. - Set water for boiling.   
   kasi    v. give. adv. causing. Angka kasi tinggi. = Lift it high. Also kas, kas-.   
   kasiang    kasiang, v. pity, feel compassion toward. Beta paling kasing ana itu. = I pity that child very much. adj. poor. Dia suka tolong orang kasiang. = He likes to help poor people. cf. misking, kaya.   
   kasini    v. come here. adv. hither. Ant. kasitu.   
   kasitu    v. go over there. adv. toward that place over there (not too far away). Ant. kasini.   
   kaskado    adj. suffering from white fungoid skin disease.   
   kaskadu    see kaskado.   
   kaskaluar    vt. remove from within.   
   kasloos    v. allow. Jang kasloos an-ana bakupukul. = Don't allow the children to fight.   
   kasmandi    vt. bathe.   
   
 
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