ambush

Etymology
From, from , (whence 🇨🇬), from  + , from , from. Compare. The change to am- from earlier forms in en- is unexplained. More at bush.

Noun

 * 1) The act of concealing oneself and lying in wait to attack by surprise.
 * 2) An attack launched from a concealed position.
 * 3) The concealed position or state from which a surprise attack is launched.
 * 4) The troops posted in a concealed place, for attacking by surprise; those who lie in wait.
 * 1) The troops posted in a concealed place, for attacking by surprise; those who lie in wait.
 * 1) The troops posted in a concealed place, for attacking by surprise; those who lie in wait.

Translations

 * Apache:
 * Western Apache: yidáh nehedzaa
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: pusqu
 * Belarusian: заса́да
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Korean:
 * Macedonian: заседа
 * Mongolian: отолт
 * Old English: sǣt
 * Ottoman Turkish: پوصو
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:


 * Albanian:
 * Armenian: հարձակում դարանից
 * Azerbaijani: pusqu
 * Belarusian: заса́да
 * Catalan: emboscada
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: ylläkkö, ; tuliylläkkö
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Latin: aggresiō cum insidiā
 * Maori: urumaranga
 * Ottoman Turkish: پوصو
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak:
 * Spanish:
 * Tarifit: anday
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: за́сідка,, підсі́дка


 * Azerbaijani: pusqu
 * Finnish: väijytysjoukko
 * French:
 * Hindi:
 * Russian:


 * Arabic: كَمِين
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Cherokee: ᎠᏓᎭᎷᏗ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: bagholdsangreb, baghold ; baghold
 * Dutch: ;
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἐνέδρα
 * Hebrew: מארב
 * Hungarian: ;
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ;
 * Latin: īnsidiae
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: заседа
 * Maori: kuratopuni, kauaeroa, torohē, urumaranga, pūniho
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ;
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: за̑сједа, за̑седа
 * Roman: ,
 * Spanish: encerrona
 * Swedish: ;
 * Tagalog:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Vietnamese: ,

Verb

 * 1)  To station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy.
 * 2)  To attack by ambush; to waylay.
 * 1)  To attack by ambush; to waylay.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: pusmaq
 * Bulgarian: устройвам засада
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: banhig
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: einen Hinterhalt legen
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Italian: tendere un agguato,
 * Japanese:
 * Maori: pehipehi, whakamoke, haupapa
 * Mongolian:
 * Polish: zaczajać się, zaczaić się
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: устра́ивать заса́ду
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ligga i bakhåll
 * Tagalog: abatan


 * Albanian:
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:, нападам от засада
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: hyökkää väijyksistä kimppuun, väijyttää
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German: aus dem Hinterhalt angreifen
 * Hungarian: lesből támad
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer: ឡោមព័ទ្ធ
 * Latin: impetō cum insidiā
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Malay: sergap, serangan hendap
 * Maori: kauaeroa, whakamoho, whakamoke, haupapa, tāwhanga
 * Polish: wciągać w zasadzkę, wciągnąć w zasadzkę, zaczajać się, zaczaić się
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: напада́ть из заса́ды
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: