ambil

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay ambil, from Classical Malay امبيل (ambil).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈam.bil/, [ˈam.bɪl]

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• Hyphenation: am‧bil

Verb

ambil

1. to take

Conjugation

Conjugation of ambil (meng-, transitive)
Root	ambil
	Active	Involuntary	Passive	Basic / Imperative	Jussive
Active	mengambil	terambil	diambil	ambil	ambillah
Locative	mengambili	terambili	diambili	ambili	ambililah
Causative / Applicative1	mengambilkan	terambilkan	diambilkan	ambilkan	ambilkanlah
	Causative
Active	memperambil		diperambil	perambil
Locative
Causative / Applicative1				perambilkan
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning. Notes: Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

• ambil-mengambil
• ambilan
• berambil-ambil
• mengambil
• mengambili
• mengambilkan
• pengambil
• pengambilan
• terambil

 

• ambil alih
• ambil hari
• ambil langkah seribu

 

Related terms

• sambil
• sambilan
• sembilan

 

Further reading

• “ambil” 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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈambil/ [ˈam.bil]
• Rhymes: -il
• Hyphenation: am‧bil

Verb

ambil (Jawi spelling امبيل)

1. to take

Derived terms

• ambilan
• mengambil
• mengambilkan
• pengambil
• pengambilan

Further reading

• “ambil” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.