tengar

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay tengar, from Proto-Malayic *təŋər, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təŋəʀ.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /təˈŋar/ [t̪əˈŋar]
• Rhymes: -ar
• Syllabification: te‧ngar

Noun

têngar (plural tengar-tengar, first-person possessive tengarku, second-person possessive tengarmu, third-person possessive tengarnya)

1. mangrove (tree or shrub)

Further reading

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

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *təŋər, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təŋəʀ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təŋa(r)/
• Rhymes: -əŋa(r), -ŋa(r), -a(r)

Noun

tengar (Jawi spelling تڠر, plural tengar-tengar, informal 1st possessive tengarku, 2nd possessive tengarmu, 3rd possessive tengarnya)

1. spurred mangrove, Ceriops tagal

   Hypernym: bakau

Descendants

• Indonesian: tengar
• →? Cebuano: tangal

See also

• bakau (mangrove tree)

Further reading

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