# ambil
## Indonesian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈambil/ [ˈam.bɪl]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ambil
* Syllabification: am‧bil

### Verb

ambil
* to take
** To get into one's hands, possession or control, with or without force.
*** To appropriate or transfer into one's own possession, sometimes by physically carrying off.
** To receive or accept (something, especially something which was given).
*** To accept and follow (advice etc.)
**** 2019, Beni Irawan, dkk, Tanda Tanya‎, CV Jejak, page 196:Selaku mengambil saran dari Imla, Semi berdiri kemudian memperhatikan sekitar.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
*** To receive into some relationship.
**** 2017, T.O. Ihromi, editor, Pokok-pokok antropologi budaya‎, Yayasan Pustaka Obor Indonesia, page 196:Sekali-sekali ada suami yang hendak membuat hidupnya lebih menarik dengan mengambil istri kedua, dan hal demikian diizinkan oleh hukum adat.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** To remove
*** To remove or end by death; to kill.
**** 2020, Sara Wijayanto, Wingit‎, PT Elex Media Komputindo, page 113:Di bisa mengambil nyawa semudah menjentikkan jari. Hebat, bukan?(please add an English translation of this quotation)
*** To subtract.
**** 1987, S. S. Rumani, Permainan anak-anak dari Jawa‎, Intan, page 45:Bola dilempar, ambil satu anak bekel tinggal satu (menjadi 4 anak bekel, tetap digenggam), bola ditangkap(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** To use as a means of transportation.
*** 2018, Mahbub Djunaidi, Asal Usul‎, IRCISOD, page 100:Gampang. Nanti di Jakarta tuan ambil taksi, pergi jurusan Bintaro. Tanya siapa saja, pasti orang kenal Ramadhan itu.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** To participate in
*** 2005, Motinggo Busye, Dalam kasih putih‎, Azalea, page 17:"Ketika SMP meloncat satu kelas. Kelas dua, saya ambil ujian akhir dan lulus."(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** To believe, to accept the statements of.
*** 2019, Abdul Aziz Al-Badri, Hitam Putih Wajah Ulama dan Penguasa‎, Penerbit Darul Falah, page 215:Tetapi orang-orang yang berselisih pendapat itu tidak mau mengambil perkataan para ulama dalam hal ini.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
** To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
** To fill, require, or use up (time or space).
*** 2000, Barbara Stevens Barnum, translated by Brahms U. Pendit, edited by Palupi Widyastuti, Penulisan Penerbitan Buku‎, Penerbit Buku Kedokteran EGC, page 60:Tabel dan gambar banyak mengambil ruang pencetakan, dan penyunting biasanya menghilangkannya apabila isinya dapat dijelaskan dalam pembahasan.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** To perform (a role)
** To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
*** 2018, DIS, 157 Hari Mencari Makna Hidup‎, page 95:"Sini saya ambil foto kalian, entar gantian bantu ambil foto untuk saya ..."(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### 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: /ˈambil/ [ˈam.bil]
* Rhymes: -il
* Hyphenation: am‧bil

### Verb

ambil (Jawi spelling امبيل)
* 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.