malam
Acehnese edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
malam
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maləm.
Noun edit
malam
References edit
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Brunei Malay edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Malayic *maləm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maləm.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
malam
Hausa edit
Etymology edit
A clipping of malami.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Iban edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Malayic *maləm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maləm.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
malam
Derived terms edit
Indonesian edit
Alternative forms edit
- malem (informal)
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Malay malam, from Proto-Malayic *maləm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maləm.
Noun edit
malam (plural malam-malam, first-person possessive malamku, second-person possessive malammu, third-person possessive malamnya)
Usage notes edit
Usage with names of days like Jumat (“Friday”), Senin (“Monday”):
- When placed before the day name means "night before day": malam Jumat "night before Friday"
- When placed after the day name means "night of day": Jumat malam "night of Friday"
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Javanese ꦩꦭꦩ꧀ (malam), probably from Gujarati મલમ (malam, “ointment or paste made of wax”), from Classical Persian مرهم (marham), from Arabic مَرْهَم (marham).
Noun edit
malam (plural malam-malam, first-person possessive malamku, second-person possessive malammu, third-person possessive malamnya)
Further reading edit
- “malam” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese edit
Romanization edit
malam
- Romanization of ꦩꦭꦩ꧀
Latin edit
Adjective edit
malam
Verb edit
mālam
Malay edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maləm (“night, darkness”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
malam (Jawi spelling مالم, plural malam-malam, informal 1st possessive malamku, 2nd possessive malammu, 3rd possessive malamnya)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “malam” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
- Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*malem”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
Ternate edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
malam
References edit
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
Yakan edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maləm.
Noun edit
malam