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Acehnese
Etymology
From Proto-Chamic *dilah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq (“tongue”), from Proto-Austronesian *dilaq (“to lick”). Compare Tsat la⁵⁵, Javanese dilah and Tagalog dila.
Likely influenced by Malayic languages, such as Malay (through dialects from neighbouring areas or modern Indonesian), which display a metathesis between the initial d and the l of the following syllable (compare Malay lidah and Indonesian lidah).
Noun
lidah
- (anatomy) tongue (organ)
Synonyms
Brunei Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *dilah by metathesis, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq (“tongue”), from Proto-Austronesian *dilaq (“to lick”).
Pronunciation
Noun
lidah
- (anatomy) tongue
Derived terms
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay lidah, from Proto-Malayic *dilah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq (“tongue”), from Proto-Austronesian *dilaq (“to lick”).
Pronunciation
Noun
lidah (plural lidah-lidah)
- tongue (the flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around)
- tongue (manner of speaking)
- (zoology) speckled tonguesole (Cynoglossus puncticeps)
Derived terms
Compounds
Further reading
Javanese
Romanization
lidah
- romanization of ꦭꦶꦝꦃ
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *dilah by metathesis, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq (“tongue”), from Proto-Austronesian *dilaq (“to lick”). Doublet of jilat.
Pronunciation
Noun
lidah (Jawi spelling ليده, plural lidah-lidah)
- (anatomy) tongue (organ)
Further reading
- “lidah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*dilaq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
Minangkabau
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *dilah by metathesis, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq (“tongue”), from Proto-Austronesian *dilaq (“to lick”).
Noun
lidah
- tongue