tĕmu

Old Javanese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /təmu/

Etymology 1

Probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₁mu, *t₁muj, *t₁muəj (“guest, visitor”). Compare to Old Javanese tamu (“guest, visitor”).

Noun

tĕmu

  1. meeting, encounter
Derived terms
  • amatĕmwakĕn
  • anĕmoni
  • anĕmu
  • anĕmu-nĕmu
  • anĕmwakĕn
  • atĕmu
  • katĕmu
  • katĕmwan
  • panĕmu
  • panĕmwan
  • patĕmu
  • patĕmwan
  • pinatĕmwakĕn
  • pinitĕmonan
  • tinĕmokĕn
  • tinĕmu
  • tinĕmwakĕn
  • tumĕmu
  • tumĕmwakĕn
  • tĕmwan
  • apatĕmwan wulat
  • atĕmu taṅan
  • tĕmu bañu
  • tĕmu tahun
Descendants
  • Javanese: ꦠꦼꦩꦸ (temu, “to meet”).
  • → Balinese: ᬢᭂᬫᬸ (temu, “to meet”).

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tamu₂ (“turmeric”).

Noun

tĕmu

  1. a kind of plant
Descendants
  • Javanese: ꦠꦼꦩꦸ (temu, “ginger root”).
    • → Indonesian: temu
  • Balinese: ᬢᭂᬫᬸ (temu, “ginger root”).

References
  • "tĕmu" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
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