tanam

Iban edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayic *tanəm (compare Indonesian tanam), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəm (compare Cebuano tanum (“plant”), Chamorro tanom, Samoan tanu), from Proto-Austronesian *CaNəm (“grave, to bury”) (compare Amis tadem).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈtanam/
Hyphenation: ta‧nam

Verb edit

tanam (used in the form nanam)

to plant
to bury

Derived terms edit

utai tanam

Indonesian edit

Etymology edit

From Malay tanam, from Old Malay tānaṃ, which attested first in the Talang Tuo inscription, 684AD, from Proto-Malayic *tanəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəm (compare Cebuano tanum (“plant”), Chamorro tanom, Samoan tanu), from Proto-Austronesian *CaNəm (“grave, to bury”) (compare Amis tadem).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈtanam/
Hyphenation: ta‧nam
Rhymes: -am

Verb edit

tanam

imperative of menanam (“to plant, to bury”)

Derived terms edit

tanam benang

Further reading edit

“tanam” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Malay edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayic *tanəm (compare Indonesian tanam), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəm (compare Cebuano tanum (“plant”), Chamorro tanom, Samoan tanu), from Proto-Austronesian *CaNəm (“grave, to bury”) (compare Amis tadem).

First attested in the Talang Tuo inscription, 684 AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (tānaṃ) in the form [script needed] (nitānaṃ).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /tanam/
Rhymes: -anam, -nam, -am

Verb edit

tanam (used in the form menanam)

to plant
to bury

Descendants edit

Indonesian: tanam

See also edit

Further reading edit

“tanam” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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