tembadau
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Malay
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Coastal Kadazan tembadau (“banteng”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tamadaw (“kind of wild ruminant”). Compare Aklanon tamaraw , Cebuano tamaraw ,Iban temadau and Tagalog tamaraw
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tembadau (Jawi spelling تمباداو, plural tembadau-tembadau, informal 1st possessive tembadauku, 2nd possessive tembadaumu, 3rd possessive tembadaunya)
- banteng (Bos javanicus)
Synonyms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “tembadau” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Categories:
- Malay terms borrowed from Coastal Kadazan
- Malay terms derived from Coastal Kadazan
- Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Malay 3-syllable words
- Malay terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Malay/adau̯
- Rhymes:Malay/dau̯
- Rhymes:Malay/au̯
- Malay lemmas
- Malay nouns
- ms:Mammals