tilam

Brunei Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tilam/
• Hyphenation: ti‧lam

Noun

tilam

1. mattress (a pad on which a person can recline and sleep)

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay tilam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti.lam/
• Rhymes: -lam
• Hyphenation: ti‧lam

Noun

tilam (plural tilam-tilam, first-person possessive tilamku, second-person possessive tilammu, third-person possessive tilamnya)

1. mattress (a pad on which a person can recline and sleep)

   Synonym: kasur

Derived terms

• bertilam

 

Further reading

• “tilam” 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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -am
• Rhymes: -lam

Noun

tilam (Jawi spelling تيلم, plural tilam-tilam, informal 1st possessive tilamku, 2nd possessive tilammu, 3rd possessive tilamnya)

1. mattress (a pad on which a person can recline and sleep)

Descendants

• > Indonesian: tilam (inherited)

Further reading

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

Maranao

Noun

tilam

1. mattress
2. cushion

References

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya