"kambu" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Makasar]

IPA: /ˈkambu/, [ˈkʰãm.bu] Forms: kambua [definite], kambunna [possessive, third-person]
Etymology: Inherited from Proto-South Sulawesi *kambu (“heart, pith; gist”). Compare Buginese ampung (“pith, marrow”). Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|mak|poz-ssw-pro|*kambu||heart, pith; gist|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-South Sulawesi *kambu (“heart, pith; gist”), {{inh+|mak|poz-ssw-pro|*kambu|t=heart, pith; gist}} Inherited from Proto-South Sulawesi *kambu (“heart, pith; gist”), {{cog|bug|ampung|t=pith, marrow}} Buginese ampung (“pith, marrow”) Head templates: {{mak-noun|poss=yes}} kambu (Lontara spelling ᨀᨅᨘ or 𑻠𑻤𑻴, definite kambua, 3rd person possessive kambunna)
  1. the inner part; interior; inside
    Sense id: en-kambu-mak-noun-O0jcyXTx
  2. (botany) pith; marrow (of palms or trees)
    Sense id: en-kambu-mak-noun-YgS1r~jZ Categories (other): Botany, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Makasar entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 74 3 15 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 77 3 12 3 Disambiguation of Makasar entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences Derived forms (affixations): akkambu, nikambu, pakambu, pakkambu Derived forms (compounds and phrases): bone kambu, gogosoʼ kambu, jukuʼ kambu, kambu palapa, makkambu kayu, mate kambu, ponto nikambu, sikuyu kambu Disambiguation of 'affixations': 12 88 Disambiguation of 'compounds and phrases': 17 83

Noun [Proto-Trans-New Guinea]

Head templates: {{head|ngf-pro|noun}} *kambu
  1. smoke Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-kambu-ngf-pro-noun-BNWIy0G4
  2. ashes Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-kambu-ngf-pro-noun-ubSOgAOX Categories (other): Proto-Trans-New Guinea entries with incorrect language header, Proto-Trans-New Guinea terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Proto-Trans-New Guinea entries with incorrect language header: 20 61 20 Disambiguation of Proto-Trans-New Guinea terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 2 97 2
  3. fire Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-kambu-ngf-pro-noun-3J8osS3R
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: kambu-sumbu ‘ashes’
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          "lang": "Croisilles",
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      "lang": "Madang",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
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    {
      "lang": "Finisterre-Huon",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
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    {
      "lang": "Dani",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
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  "lang": "Proto-Trans-New Guinea",
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  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Trans-New Guinea/kambu",
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          "_dis1": "17 83",
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        },
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          "word": "kambu palapa"
        },
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          "word": "mate kambu"
        },
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          "word": "ponto nikambu"
        },
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      "ipa": "/ˈkambu/"
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      "ipa": "[ˈkʰãm.bu]"
    }
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      "ipa": "[ˈkʰãm.bu]"
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