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Indonesian
Noun
lalim
- zalim
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *daləm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daləm, from Proto-Austronesian *daləm (“in, inside; deep”). Compare Ilocano dalem, Kapampangan lalam, Bikol Central rarom, Cebuano lalom, Maranao dalem, and Malay dalam.
Pronunciation
Noun
lalim (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜎᜒᜋ᜔)
- depth; deepness
- Synonyms: kalaliman, pagkamalalim
- (figurative) profundity; deepness of thought
- difficulty to understand
- lateness (especially at night)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “lalim”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*dalem”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI