menir

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Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: mê‧nir

Etymology 1

From Javanese ꦩꦼꦤꦶꦂ (menir, “broken grain”).

Noun

mênir (first-person possessive menirku, second-person possessive menirmu, third-person possessive menirnya)

  1. dust from rice grain.
    Synonym: melukut

Etymology 2

From Dutch meneer (“sir, mister”), mijnheer, from Middle Dutch mijnhere. Compare English milord.

Noun

mênir (first-person possessive menirku, second-person possessive menirmu, third-person possessive menirnya)

  1. (colloquial) mister.
    Synonym: tuan

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

menir

  1. Romanization of ꦩꦼꦤꦶꦂ

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French menhir, from Breton maen-hir.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: me‧nir

Noun

menir m (plural menires)

  1. (archaeology) menhir
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