dalem

See also: dałem, Dålem, and dąłem

Balinese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daləm, from Proto-Austronesian *daləm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daləm/
• Hyphenation: da‧lem

Adjective

dalem (Balinese script ᬤᬍᬫ᭄)

1. deep (as the sea)

Derived terms

• dalemang

Noun

dalem (Balinese script ᬤᬍᬫ᭄)

1. title of Balinese king
2. Durga-worshipping temple.

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*dalem”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Further reading

• “dalem”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali]

Ilocano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daləm.

Pronunciation

• (Northern Ilocano) IPA^(key): /ˈdalem/ [ˈdɐ.lem]
• (Southern Ilocano) IPA^(key): /ˈdalɯm/ [ˈdɐ.lɯm]
• Hyphenation: da‧lem

Noun

dálem (Kur-itan spelling ᜇᜎᜒᜋ᜔)

1. (anatomy) liver

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese ꦢꦊꦩ꧀ (dalem), from Old Javanese dalem, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daləm (“inside, deep”), from Proto-Austronesian *daləm. Doublet of dalam.

• The term is associated with the inner part of a royal compound, throughout the Malayo-Javanic cultural area. The reference to “inner” and “inner area” as related to a socially higher status (king, royal residence, and respect) in Malay, Old Javanese, Sundanese, Balinese and Sasak, which appears to be a later innovation related to with Indicized cultural concepts, the development of complex social stratification systems based on increasingly hereditary ranks that extended clan based or tribal relations and ascribed status systems, and the development of economies based on wet rice agriculture.
• The sense of term of address is a semantic loan from Sundanese ᮓᮜᮨᮙ᮪ (dalem). Compare to Javanese ꦢꦊꦩ꧀ (dalem, “a term of address for person of an aristocratic family”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈd̪aləm]
• Hyphenation: da‧lêm

Interjection

dalem

1. I, me (as a response when called)

Noun

dalem (plural dalem-dalem)

1. house, dwelling place
2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) palace: walled-in residence compound of an aristocratic family

   Dalem Kepatihan ― Palace of Kepatihan

   Dalem Mangkubumen ― Palace of Mangkubumen

3. dated spelling of dalam (“inside, indoors; interior”)

Derived terms

• abdi dalem

Pronoun

dalem

1. a term of address for bupati, especially in Sunda

Adjective

dalem

1. dated spelling of dalam (“deep”)

Preposition

dalem

1. dated spelling of dalam (“inside, in, within”)

Further reading

• “dalem”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Javanese

Romanization

dalem

1. romanization of ꦢꦊꦩ꧀

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daləm, from Proto-Austronesian *daləm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daləm/
• Hyphenation: da‧lem

Adjective

dalem

1. interior (inner part)
2. inner part of the kraton

Derived terms

• adalem (“deep”)

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦢꦊꦩ꧀ (dalem)
  • → Indonesian: dalem

References

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

Sasak

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daləm, from Proto-Austronesian *daləm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daləm/
• Hyphenation: da‧lem

Noun

dalem

1. depth, innermost part

Adjective

dalem

1. deep

Derived terms

• bedalam
• pedalam

Further reading

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*dalem”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI