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Balinese
Romanization
dalem
- Romanization of ᬤᬍᬫ᭄.
Ilocano
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daləm.
Pronunciation
- (Northern Ilocano) IPA(key): /ˈdalem/
- (Southern Ilocano) IPA(key): /ˈdalɯm/
- Hyphenation: da‧lem
Noun
dálem (Kur-itan spelling ᜇᜎᜒᜋ᜔)
- (anatomy) liver
Indonesian
Etymology
From Javanese ꦢꦊꦩ꧀ (dalem), from Old Javanese dalem, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daləm (“inside, deep”), from Proto-Austronesian *daləm. Doublet of dalam.
- The term is associated with the inner part of a royal compound, throughout the Malayo-Javanic cultural area. The reference to “inner” and “inner area” as related to a socially higher status (king, royal residence, and respect) in Malay, Old Javanese, Sundanese, Balinese and Sasak, which appears to be a later innovation related to with Indicized cultural concepts, the development of complex social stratification systems based on increasingly hereditary ranks that extended clan based or tribal relations and ascribed status systems, and the development of economies based on wet rice agriculture.[1]
- The sense of term of address is a semantic loan from Sundanese ᮓᮜᮨᮙ᮪ (dalem). Compare to Javanese ꦢꦊꦩ꧀ (dalem, “a term of address for person of an aristocratic family”).
Pronunciation
Interjection
dalem
- I, me (as a response when called).
Noun
dalem (uncountable)
- house, dwelling place.
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) palace: walled-in residence compound of an aristocratic family.
- Dalem Kepatihan ― Palace of Kepatihan
- Dalem Mangkubumen ― Palace of Mangkubumen
- Dated spelling of dalam (“inside, indoors; interior”).
Derived terms
Pronoun
dalem
- a term of address for bupati, especially in Sunda.
Adjective
dalem
- Dated spelling of dalam (“deep”).
Preposition
dalem
- Dated spelling of dalam (“inside, in, within”).
References
- ^ Alexandra Landmann (2017 December 31) Andrea Acri, Roger Blench, Alexandra Landmann, editor, 4. Can We Reconstruct a “Malayo-Javanic” Law Area?, ISEAS Publishing, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 145–206
Further reading
Javanese
Romanization
dalem
- Romanization of ꦢꦊꦩ꧀
Old Javanese
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daləm, from Proto-Austronesian *daləm.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /daləm/
- Hyphenation: da‧lem
Adjective
dalem
- interior (inner part)
- inner part of the kraton
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- "dalem" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Sasak
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *daləm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daləm, from Proto-Austronesian *daləm.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /daləm/
- Hyphenation: da‧lem
Noun
dalem
- depth
- innermost part
Adjective
dalem
- deep
Derived terms