enau

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay enau. In turn, from Proto-Malayic *(h)anaw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanahaw.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /əˈnau̯/ [əˈnau̯]
• Rhymes: -au̯
• Syllabification: e‧nau

Noun

enau (plural enau-enau)

1. sugar palm

   Synonyms: aren, kabung

Further reading

• “enau”, 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

Malay

Etymology

Inherited 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

• (Literary Standard) IPA^(key): /əˈnaw/ [ʔəˈnau̯]
• Rhymes: -nau̯, -au̯

Noun

ĕnau (Jawi spelling اناو, plural enau-enau or enau²)

1. sugar palm

   Synonyms: kabung, aren

Descendants

• > Indonesian: enau (inherited)

Further reading

• "enau" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "enau" at PRPM first version)
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qanahaw”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI