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One of the translations of ngambek is to sulk. However, the word means so much more than that.

Ngambek can also be used to describe someone who is being childish or when a child is throwing a tantrum at you.
Bobby has just broken up with his girlfriend. His dad asked his mom why he is not going out of his room. His mom replied with, “dia lagi (he is) ngambek.”

Dia lagi ngambek in this context means that he is so brokenhearted that he has no will to leave his room.

Bobby just had a fight with his dad because his dad was forcing him to leave his room. Bobby then refused to talk with his dad.

Here, you can also say “Dia lagi ngambek.” However, ngambek in this context means that Bobby is ignoring you because he is pissed at you.
Ngambek by Shén March 8, 2023
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when you can't get away from an old man due to his Vietnam war stories.
I was Nambushed on the way to the break room today.
nambush by erb1er August 10, 2007

Nyambura 

Some random beautiful girl that you don't know much about, but you totally want to know her - however, you have no connections, making that nearly impossible.
Nyambura's ass is fucking fantastic.

ngabuburit 

(Sunda) seek amusement and distractions while waiting for day's fast to end.
My friends and I usually ngabuburit by seeing or going around the country side

som "nom-nom" nambulism 

A sleep disorder that involves sleep walking and "sleep eating".
Jeff: "I left a bucket of chicken legs RIGHT THERE in the fridge."
Doctor: "And no one else ate it?"
Jeff: "No way! I live alone and the door was bolted!"
Doctor: "...You may have a rare case of 'som "nom-nom" nambulism'."
som "nom-nom" nambulism by Lalizig February 20, 2009
It is what it is.
The single cheapest gun ever made. You never have to reload it, and you run faster with it then without it. It contains the equivilant of one hundred atomic bombs in every shot. Some people have even reported that it makes you fly...
I wouldn't doubt it.
A nambu is a nambu.
Watch out it's a nambu.
Nambu by Putridly Grotesque June 16, 2009