tengar
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Malay tengar, from Proto-Malayic *təŋər, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təŋəʀ.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
têngar (plural tengar-tengar, first-person possessive tengarku, second-person possessive tengarmu, third-person possessive tengarnya)
- mangrove (tree or shrub)
Further reading edit
- “tengar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayic *təŋər, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təŋəʀ.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tengar (Jawi spelling تڠر, plural tengar-tengar, informal 1st possessive tengarku, 2nd possessive tengarmu, 3rd possessive tengarnya)
- spurred mangrove, Ceriops tagal
- Hypernym: bakau
Descendants edit
See also edit
- bakau (mangrove tree)
Further reading edit
- “tengar” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.