diam
Translingual
editSymbol
editdiam
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom diameter.
Noun
editdiam (plural diams)
- Clipping of diameter.
Related terms
editEtymology 2
editFrom diamond.
Noun
editdiam (plural diams)
- Clipping of diamond.
Etymology 3
editBorrowed from Malay diam (“quiet”, adjective) or Hokkien 恬 (tiām, “silent”) or Teochew 恬 (diam7, “silent”).
Interjection
editdiam
- (informal, Singapore, chiefly Malaysia) Be quiet.
- 2004 August 21, intruder, “God so loved the world”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet):
- Diam lah, you have no gal let alone have a son or daughter.
- 2012 September 23, “Najib wants more time for another run.”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet):
- If the answer is affirmative, then he is qualified to talk to us. Otherwise, diam lah.
- 2013 June 7, <par@tmnet.net.my>, “Mooted online media control 'not politically motivated'”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet):
- So diam lah, baruah bangsat!
Further reading
edit- Singlish vocabulary on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
editIndonesian
editEtymology
editFrom Malay diam, from Proto-Malayic *hidəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hidəm. Cognate Old Javanese ḍyam (“silent”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editdiam
- to quiet: to become quiet
Conjugation
editConjugation of diam (meng-, ber-, transitive) | |||||
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Root | diam | ||||
Active | Involuntary / Perfective |
Passive | Basic / Imperative |
Jussive | |
Active | mendiam berdiam |
terdiam | diam | diamlah | |
Locative | mendiami | terdiami | didami | diami | diamilah |
Causative / Applicative1 | mendiamkan | terdiamkan | didiamkan | diamkan | diamkanlah |
Causative | |||||
Locative | |||||
Causative / Applicative1 | |||||
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning. Notes: Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning. |
Adjective
editdiam
Noun
editdiam (first-person possessive diamku, second-person possessive diammu, third-person possessive diamnya)
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editRegular affixed derivations:
- diam-diam [reduplication] (redup)
- berdiam [stative / habitual] (beR-)
- mendiamkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
- terdiam [agentless action] (teR-)
- pendiam [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
- kependiaman [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + abstract / locative] (peN- + ke-an)
Verb
editdiam
Conjugation
editConjugation of diam (meng-, ber-, transitive) | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Root | diam | ||||
Active | Involuntary / Perfective |
Passive | Basic / Imperative |
Jussive | |
Active | mendiam berdiam |
diam | diamlah | ||
Locative | mendiami | terdiami | didami | diami | diamilah |
Causative / Applicative1 | |||||
Causative | |||||
Locative | |||||
Causative / Applicative1 | |||||
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning. Notes: Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning. |
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “diam” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Anagrams
editLatin
editAdjective
editdiam
Malay
editAlternative forms
edit- diem (Javanese Malay)
Pronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Malayic *hidəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hidəm.
Adjective
editdiam (Jawi spelling ديام)
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editRegular affixed derivations:
- sediam [comparability] (se-)
- diam-diam [reduplication] (redup)
- berdiam [stative / habitual] (beR-)
- berdiamkan [stative / habitual + causative benefactive] (beR- + -kan)
- mendiami [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
- mendiamkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
- memerdiamkan [causative passive + agent focus + causative benefactive] (peR- + meN- + -kan)
- terdiam [agentless action] (teR-)
- pendiam [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
Descendants
editEtymology 2
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
editdiam (Jawi spelling ديام)
- to stay
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “diam” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
- Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *hidəm
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