Indonesian

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Noun

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lalim (first-person possessive lalimku, second-person possessive lalimmu, third-person possessive lalimnya)

  1. zalim

Tagalog

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Etymology

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From Proto-Philippine *daləm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daləm, from Proto-Austronesian *daləm (in, inside; deep). Compare Ilocano dalem, Kapampangan lalam, Bikol Central rarom, Cebuano lalom, Maranao dalem, and Malay dalam.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lalim (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜎᜒᜋ᜔)

  1. depth; deepness
    Synonyms: kalaliman, pagkamalalim
  2. (figurative) profundity; deepness of thought
  3. difficulty to understand
  4. lateness (especially at night)

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • lalim”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*dalem”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI