tanim

Marshallese

Etymology

Borrowed from English denim, from the French phrase serge de Nîmes (“serge from Nîmes”), after the French town of Nîmes, where denim fabric was originally produced. The town's name is from Latin Colonia Nemausus (“colony of Nemausus”).

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [tˠɑnʲimʲ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /tˠænʲimʲ/
• Bender phonemes: {tanim}

Noun

tanim

1. denim
2. denim trousers; jeans

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.ɲim/
• Rhymes: -aɲim
• Syllabification: ta‧nim

Adjective

tanim

1. inflection of tani:
   1. masculine/neuter instrumental/locative singular
   2. dative plural

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəm (“to plant”), from Proto-Austronesian *CaNəm (“to plant, to bury”). Compare Aklanon tanom, Bikol Central tanom, Cebuano tanom, Chamorro tanom, Hawaiian kanu (“to bury; to plant”), Kapampangan tanam, Malay tanam, Samoan tanu (“to bury”), and Tausug tanum.
Compare Japanese 種(た​ね) (ta​ne, “seed”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /taˈnim/ [t̪ɐˈn̪im]
• Rhymes: -im
• Syllabification: ta‧nim

Noun

taním (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜈᜒᜋ᜔)

1. (botany) plant

   Synonym: halaman

2. act of planting

   Synonyms: pagtatanim, pagkakatanim

3. (figurative) act of harboring a grudge or ill feeling

   Synonym: pagtatanim

Derived terms

• itanim
• magpatanim
• magtanim
• magtatanim
• makatanim
• manananim
• mapatanim
• matamnan
• matanim
• matanimin
• nakatanim
• panananim
• pananim
• pantanim
• patamnan
• patanim
• pataniman
• tagapagtanim
• tagatanim
• tagtanim
• tamnan
• taniman

 

Related terms

• tanaman

 

Adjective

taním (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜈᜒᜋ᜔)

1. planted by someone (of a plant, as opposed to a plant that sprouted on its own)

   Synonym: itinanim

Tok Pisin

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Etymology

From English turn +‎ -im.

Verb

tanim trans.

1. turn
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:24:

     God i rausim pinis man na meri, na em i makim ol strongpela ensel bilong sanap na was i stap long hap sankamap bilong gaden Iden. Na tu em i putim wanpela bainat i gat paia i lait long en na i save tanim tanim long olgeta hap. Oltaim ol dispela ensel wantaim dispela bainat i save was i stap, nogut wanpela man i go klostu long dispela diwai bilong givim laip.

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2. (intransitive) become