tĕmu
Old Javanese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₁mu, *t₁muj, *t₁muəj (“guest, visitor”). Compare to Old Javanese tamu (“guest, visitor”).
Noun edit
tĕmu
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tamu₂ (“turmeric”).
Noun edit
tĕmu
- a kind of plant
Descendants edit
References edit
- "tĕmu" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.