tambah

Iban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tambea̯h/

Verb

tambah

1. to add (to append, as a statement)
2. to add (to make an addition)
3. (mathematics) to add (to perform the arithmetic operation of addition)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay tambah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tambah/
• Rhymes: -ambah, -bah, -ah

Conjunction

tambah

1. (mathematics) plus

Noun

tambah (first-person possessive tambahku, second-person possessive tambahmu, third-person possessive tambahnya)

1. clipping of tambahan.

Verb

tambah

1. clipping of ditambah.

Derived terms

• bertambah
• bertambah-tambah
• menambah
• menambah-nambahi
• menambahi
• menambahkan
• penambah
• penambahan
• pertambahan
• tambah-tambahan
• tambahan
• tinambah

 

Further reading

• “tambah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Alternative forms

• tamba (1701 by Thomas Bowrey)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tambah/
• Rhymes: -ambah, -bah, -ah
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Verb

tambah (Jawi spelling تمبه)

1. to add (to append, as a statement)
2. to add (to make an addition)
3. (mathematics) to add (to perform the arithmetic operation of addition)

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• bertambah [stative / habitual] (beR-)
• ditambah [patient focus] (di-)
• bertambah-tambah [reduplication + stative / habitual] (redup + beR-)
• menambah [agent focus] (meN-)
• menambahi [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
• menambahkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• mempertambah [causative agent focus] (mempeR-)
• tambahan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
• pertambahan [causative passive + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peR- + -an)
• penambahan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• penambah [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• tambah baik

Further reading

• “tambah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• "tambah" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.