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tambak.

fish pond

6 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈtambaʔ/Standard-Indonesian[ˈt̪am.baʔ]Standard-Indonesian

  1. fish pond

  2. dyke, levee, banking, leveling

  3. brackish water

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay tambak (“embankment, dyke; banking, filling, levelling up, reclamation; causeway”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tambak. * Semantic loan from Javanese ꦠꦩ꧀ꦧꦏ꧀ (tambak, “fish pond; dyke”).

noun/ˈtambaʔ/Standard-Indonesian[ˈt̪am.baʔ]Standard-Indonesian

  1. black pomfret (Parastromateus niger)

  2. silver pomfret (Pampus chinensis)

  3. a snapper, of species Lutjanus vaigiensis

Where this word comes from

From Malay tambak.

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