tanam

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Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *tanəm (compare Indonesian tanam), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəm (compare Cebuano tanum (“plant”), Chamorro tanom, Samoan tanu), from Proto-Austronesian *CaNəm (“grave, to bury”) (compare Amis tadem).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtanam/
  • Hyphenation: ta‧nam

Verb

tanam (used in the form nanam)

  1. to plant
  2. to bury

Derived terms

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay tanam, from Old Malay tānaṃ, which attested first in the Talang Tuo inscription, 684AD, from Proto-Malayic *tanəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəm (compare Cebuano tanum (“plant”), Chamorro tanom, Samoan tanu), from Proto-Austronesian *CaNəm (“grave, to bury”) (compare Amis tadem).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtanam/
  • Hyphenation: ta‧nam
  • Rhymes: -am

Verb

tanam

  1. imperative of menanam (“to plant, to bury”)

Derived terms

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *tanəm (compare Indonesian tanam), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəm (compare Cebuano tanum (“plant”), Chamorro tanom, Samoan tanu), from Proto-Austronesian *CaNəm (“grave, to bury”) (compare Amis tadem).

First attested in the Talang Tuo inscription, 684 AD, as Old Malay (tānaṃ) in the form (nitānaṃ).

Pronunciation

Verb

tanam (used in the form menanam)

  1. to plant
  2. to bury

Descendants

  • Indonesian: tanam

See also

Further reading

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