harimau

From Malay harimau, from Proto-Malayic *hari-mauŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *hari-mauŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *hari-mauŋ, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qari-mauŋ. Doublet of maung.

• IPA^(key): /haˈrimau̯/

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• Hyphenation: ha‧ri‧mau

harimau (first-person possessive harimauku, second-person possessive harimaumu, third-person possessive harimaunya)

1. panther (big cat of genus Panthera)
2. tiger (The mammal Panthera tigris)
3. cougar (the older woman with a younger boyfriend)

• “harimau” 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.

• rimau
• maung
• هاريماو
• ريماو
• ماءوڠ

From Proto-Malayic *hari-mauŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *hari-mauŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *hari-mauŋ, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qari-mauŋ.

• IPA^(key): /harimau̯/
• Rhymes: -imau̯, -mau̯, -au̯

harimau (Jawi spelling هاريماو, plural harimau-harimau, informal 1st possessive harimauku, 2nd possessive harimaumu, 3rd possessive harimaunya)

1. panther (big cat of genus Panthera)
2. tiger (The mammal Panthera tigris)

• (panther): macan / ماچن
• (tiger):
  • harimau belang / هاريماو بلڠ
  • harimau dandi / هاريماو دندي
  • harimau loreng / هاريماو لوريڠ
  • harimau terung kasau / هاريماو تروڠ کاساو
  • macan loreng / ماچن لوريڠ
  • pak belang / ڤق بلڠ

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “هريمو harimau”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 144
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “هريمو harimau”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, pages 685-6
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “harimau”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 398