kedelai
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Malay kedelai, from Tamil கடலை (kaṭalai, “chickpea”). Compare Kannada ಕಡಲೆ (kaḍale).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kêdêlai (first-person possessive kedelaiku, second-person possessive kedelaimu, third-person possessive kedelainya)
Alternative forms edit
Further reading edit
- “kedelai” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Anagrams edit
Malay edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Tamil கடலை (kaṭalai, “chickpea”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kedelai (Jawi spelling کدلاي, plural kedelai-kedelai, informal 1st possessive kedelaiku, 2nd possessive kedelaimu, 3rd possessive kedelainya)
- (archaic) soybean, Glycine max.
- Synonym: soya
- (obsolete) Job's tears
Descendants edit
- → Indonesian: kedelai
References edit
- Hoogervorst, Tom (2015) “Detecting pre-modern lexical influence from South India in Maritime Southeast Asia”, in Archipel[1], volume 89, pages 63-93
- Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “کدلي kĕdĕlei”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 79
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “کدلي kĕdĕlai”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 96
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “kĕdĕlai”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 526
Further reading edit
- “kedelai” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.