garam

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Acehnese

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay garam.

Noun

garam

  1. salt

Synonyms

References

Brunei Malay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaram/
  • (Kedayan) IPA(key): /ɡaam/
  • Hyphenation: ga‧ram

Noun

garam

  1. salt (sodium chloride)

Synonyms

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay garam, from Classical Malay garam (“table salt”), from Proto-Malayic *garəm (“grain”). The chemistry sense is a semantic loan from Dutch zout (“salt”).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ga‧ram

Noun

garam

  1. salt:
    1. a common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a condiment and preservative.
    2. (chemistry) one of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, where a positive ion replaces a hydrogen of the acid.
  2. (cooking) short for garam dapur (“table salt”).
  3. (colloquial) (salt-like) fertilizer.
    Synonym: pupuk

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Indonesian Bajau: garam

Further reading

Indonesian Bajau

Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian garam.

Noun

garam

  1. salt

References

Latvian

Noun

garam m

  1. dative singular of gars

Adjective

garam

  1. dative singular masculine of garš

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *garəm (“grain”). Cognate with Sasak garem (“grain”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

garam (Jawi spelling ݢارم, plural garam-garam, informal 1st possessive garamku, 2nd possessive garammu, 3rd possessive garamnya)

  1. salt

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Adelaar, K. Alexander (1992). Proto-Malayic: The Reconstruction of its Phonology and Parts of its Morphology. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, p. 141.

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