enau

Indonesian

Noun

enau (first-person possessive enauku, second-person possessive enaumu, third-person possessive enaunya)

1. sugar palm

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *(h)anaw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanahaw.

First attested in the Talang Tuo inscription, 684 AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (hanāu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ənau̯/
• Rhymes: -nau̯, -au̯

Noun

ĕnau (Jawi spelling اناو, plural enau-enau, informal 1st possessive enauku, 2nd possessive enaumu, 3rd possessive enaunya)

1. sugar palm

   Synonyms: kabung, aren

Descendants

• Indonesian: enau

Further reading

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