dalam

See also: dalām, daļām, and dałam

Eastern Cham

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *dalam, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daləm, from Proto-Austronesian *daləm.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /d̪a.lʌm/

Adjective

dalam

  1. deep

Preposition

dalam

  1. in, inside

References

Thurgood, Graham (1999) From Ancient Cham to Modern Dialects: Two Thousand Years of Language Contact and Change‎, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, page 287

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *daləm, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daləm, from Proto-Austronesian *daləm.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dalam/
  • Rhymes: -lam
  • Hyphenation: da‧lam

Adjective

dalam

  1. deep

Preposition

dalam

  1. inside, in, within (abstract)
    dalam jaku Inggeris
    in English
  2. indoor
  3. interior

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay dalam, from Proto-Malayic *daləm, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daləm, from Proto-Austronesian *daləm. Doublet of dalem.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdalam/
  • Rhymes: -lam, -am, -m

Adjective

dalam (superlative terdalam, equative sedalam)

  1. deep
    Antonym: dangkal

Derived terms

Noun

dalam (first-person possessive dalamku, second-person possessive dalammu, third-person possessive dalamnya)

  1. inside, indoors
  2. interior

Preposition

dalam

  1. inside, in, within

Derived terms
  • dalam jaringan
  • dalam jejaring
  • dalam pada itu
  • dalam peninggal
  • di dalam

Further reading

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *daləm, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daləm, from Proto-Austronesian *daləm.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (Standard) /dalam/, (Kelantanese) [dalẽ]
  • Rhymes: -lam, -am
  • Audio (MY)(file)

Adjective

dalam (comparative lebih dalam, superlative paling dalam, terdalam)

  1. deep

Antonyms

Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • pendalaman (“process of deepening”) [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
  • pedalaman (“inland”) [passive / name of profession + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (pe- + -an)
  • dalaman (“internal”) [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
  • kedalaman (“depth”) [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
  • sedalam [comparability] (se-)
  • dalamkan [causative benefactive] (-kan)
  • dalami [causative (locative) benefactive] (-i)
  • mendalamkan (“to deepen”) [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
  • mendalami [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
  • didalamkan (“to be deepened”) [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
  • didalami [patient focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (di- + -i)
  • memperdalam (“to deepen”) [causative agent focus] (mempeR-)
  • diperdalam (“to be deepened”) [causative passive focus] (dipeR-)
  • dalam-dalam [reduplication] (redup)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

Preposition

dalam (Jawi spelling دالم)

  1. inside, in, within (abstract)
    dalam bahasa Inggris
    in English
  2. indoor
  3. interior

Antonyms

Derived terms
  • di dalam (“in (concrete)”)
  • ke dalam (“(to) inside (of), into”)

Descendants
  • Indonesian: dalam

Maltese
Root
d-l-m
6 terms

Etymology

From Arabic ظَلَمَ (ẓalama).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈda.lam/

Verb

dalam (imperfect jidlam)

  1. (of the night, sky, etc.) to get dark

Conjugation
    Conjugation of dalam
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m dlamt dlamt dalam dlamna dlamtu dalmu
f dalmet
imperfect m nidlam tidlam jidlam nidalmu tidalmu jidalmu
f tidlam
imperative idlam idalmu
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