mamah
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Javanese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mamaq.
Verb[edit]
mamah
- to chew
Malay[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Malayic *mamah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mamaq.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
mamah (Jawi spelling مامه)
- (transitive) to chew, to masticate, to munch
- Synonym: kunyah
Derived terms[edit]
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
- pemamah [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
- mamahan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
- memamah [agent focus] (meN-)
- memamahkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
- dimamah [patient focus] (di-)
- dimamahkan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
- termamah [agentless action] (teR-)
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “mamah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Categories:
- Javanese terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Javanese terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Javanese lemmas
- Javanese verbs
- Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayic
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayic
- Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Malay 2-syllable words
- Malay terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Malay/amah
- Rhymes:Malay/mah
- Rhymes:Malay/ah
- Malay lemmas
- Malay verbs
- Malay verbs without transitivity
- Malay transitive verbs