dalem

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See also: dałem, Dålem, and dąłem

Balinese

Romanization

dalem

  1. Romanization of ᬤᬍᬫ᭄.

Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daləm.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: da‧lem
  • (northern Ilocano) IPA(key): /ˈdalɛm/
  • (southern Ilocano) IPA(key): /ˈdalɯm/

Noun

dalem

  1. 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.
  • 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

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: da‧lêm

Interjection

dalem

  1. I, me (as a response when called).

Noun

dalem (first-person possessive dalemku, second-person possessive dalemmu, third-person possessive dalemnya)

  1. house, dwelling place.
  2. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) palace: walled-in residence compound of an aristocratic family.
    Dalem Kepatihan ― Palace of Kepatihan
    Dalem Mangkubumen ― Palace of Mangkubumen
  3. Dated spelling of dalam (“inside, indoors; interior”).

Derived terms

Pronoun

dalem

  1. a term of address for bupati, especially in Sunda.

Adjective

dalem

  1. Dated spelling of dalam (“deep”).

Preposition

dalem

  1. Dated spelling of dalam (“inside, in, within”).

References

  1. ^ 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

  1. Romanization of ꦢꦊꦩ꧀

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daləm, from Proto-Austronesian *daləm.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /daləm/
  • Hyphenation: da‧lem

Adjective

dalem

  1. interior (inner part)
  2. inner part of the kraton

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦢꦊꦩ꧀ (dalem)
    • → Indonesian: dalem

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

  1. depth
  2. innermost part

Adjective

dalem

  1. deep

Derived terms

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