lidah

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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

  1. (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

  1. (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)

  1. tongue (the flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around)
  2. tongue (manner of speaking)
  3. (zoology) speckled tonguesole (Cynoglossus puncticeps)

Derived terms

Compounds

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

lidah

  1. 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)

  1. (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

  1. tongue