tembikai

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay tembikai, metathesis of mendikai, borrowed from Tamil கொம்மட்டிக்காய் (kommaṭṭikkāy), related to கொம்மட்டி (kommaṭṭi). Mostly replaced by semangka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: têm‧bi‧kai

Noun

têmbikai (first-person possessive tembikaiku, second-person possessive tembikaimu, third-person possessive tembikainya)

  1. (rare) watermelon
    Synonym: semangka

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Hoogervorst, Tom (2015). "Detecting pre-modern lexical influence from South India in Maritime Southeast Asia". Archipel. 89: 78.

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

Metathesis of mendikai, borrowed from Tamil கொம்மட்டிக்காய் (kommaṭṭikkāy), related to கொம்மட்டி (kommaṭṭi).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /təmbikai̯/
  • Rhymes: -ai̯
  • Hyphenation: tem‧bi‧kai

Noun

tembikai (Jawi spelling تمبيکاي, plural tembikai-tembikai, informal 1st possessive tembikaiku, 2nd possessive tembikaimu, 3rd possessive tembikainya)

  1. watermelon (fruit)

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: têmbikai

References

  1. ^ Hoogervorst, Tom (2015). "Detecting pre-modern lexical influence from South India in Maritime Southeast Asia". Archipel. 89: 78.

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