# lambat
## Indonesian
### Etymology

Inherited from Malay lambat. Compare to Old Javanese jambat.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈlambat/ [ˈlam.bat̪̚]
* Rhymes: -ambat
* Syllabification: lam‧bat

### Adjective

lambat
* slow (not quick in motion)
    Synonym: pelan
    Antonyms: cepat, tangkas

#### Derived terms

* berlambat-lambat (“to slow, slow down (on purpose); to take time”)
* kelambatan (“slowness”)
* keterlambatan (“lateness”)
* (uncommon) lambat-lambat (“(very) slowly”)
* lambat-lambatkan (“to make very slow”)
* (transitive) lambatkan (“to slow, slow down”)
* (intransitive) melambat (“to slow, slow down”)
* pelambat (“slower: one who causes to slow”)
* pelambatan (“the act of slowing, slowdown”)
* pemerlambat (“slower: one who causes to slow”)
* (transitive) perlambat (“to slow, slow down”)
* perlambatan (“slowing, slowdown”)
* selambat (“as slow as”)
* selambat-lambatnya (“as slow as possible; at the latest”)
* selambatnya (“as slow as possible”)
* terlambat (“slowest; late”)

#### Compounds

* lambat laun (“gradually”)
* paling lambat (“slowest; at the latest”)

### Further reading

* “lambat” 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.

## Latin
### Verb

lambat
* third-person singular present active subjunctive of lambō

## Malay
### Etymology

Might be akin to Old Javanese jambat.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lam.bat/
* Rhymes: -ambat

### Adjective

lambat (Jawi spelling لمبت)
* slow (not quick in motion)
    Synonym: pelan
    Antonyms: cepat, pantas, tangkas
* late (not punctual)
    Synonym: lewat

#### Derived terms

Regular affixed derivations:
* lambat-lambat [reduplication] (redup)
* berlambat [stative / habitual] (beR-)
* berlambat-lambat [reduplication + stative / habitual] (redup + beR-)
* berlambatan [stative / habitual + repetition / reciprocity] (beR- + -an)
* melambatkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
* melambat-lambatkan [reduplication + agent focus + causative benefactive] (redup + meN- + -kan)
* memperlambat [causative agent focus] (mempeR-)
* terlambat [agentless action] (teR-)
* kelambatan [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
* pelambat [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
* lambat laun
* selambat-lambatnya
* biar lambat asalkan selamat

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: lambat

### Further reading

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

## Masbatenyo
### Noun

lambat
* net

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Brunei Malay rambat (“cast net”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀambat. Compare Bikol Central lambat (“net”), Masbatenyo lambat (“net”), Aklanon eambat (“net”), and Cebuano gambat (“latticework”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /lamˈbat/ [lɐmˈbat̪̚]
* Rhymes: -at
* Syllabification: lam‧bat

### Noun

lambát (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜋ᜔ᜊᜆ᜔)
* (fishing) fishing net; dragnet
    Synonyms: pukot, pamukot
* (loosely) net
* hairnet
* trap; snare
    Synonyms: silo, patibong, bitag
* catching with a net (of fish, birds, etc.)

#### Derived terms

* kalambatan
* lalambatin
* lambatin
* manlambat

#### See also

* dala
* kitid
* pukot
* sakag
* sinsoro
* taksay
* talakop

### Further reading

* “lambat”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Zorc, David Paul (1985) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 4, page 199

### Anagrams

* tambal