sulam

See also: sulām

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *sulam, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sulam (“to pierce with a needle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sulam/
• Rhymes: -ulam, -lam, -am

Verb

sulam (Jawi spelling سولم)

1. to embroider (to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread)

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• penyulam [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• penyulaman [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• sulaman [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
• menyulam [agent focus] (meN-)
• disulam [patient focus] (di-)
• bersulam [stative / habitual] (beR-)
• bersulamkan [stative / habitual + causative benefactive] (beR- + -kan)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• sulam-menyulam
• sulam padu

Descendants

• Indonesian: sulam

References

• "sulam" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
• “sulam” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• solam — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sulam (“pierce or remove with a needle”). Compare Bikol Central suram and Malay sulam.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsulam/ [ˈsu.lɐm]
• Rhymes: -ulam
• Syllabification: su‧lam

Noun

sulam (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜎᜋ᜔)

1. (art) decorative work; needlework; embroidery (on mats, fabric, cloth, etc.)

   Synonyms: burda, labor, samay, disenyo

Derived terms

• isulam
• magsulam
• manulam
• pagsulaman
• pagsulamin
• panulam
• panyo na sinolaman
• sinulaman
• sulaman
• sulamin
• sumulam

 

See also

• samay

Further reading

• “sulam”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 1201.
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 380: “Labrar) Solam (pp) con ſeda floja y aguja”

Waray-Waray

Adjective

sulam

1. toothless; edentate; edentulous