gelam

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay gelam.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈlam/ [ɡəˈlam]
• Rhymes: -am
• Syllabification: ge‧lam

Noun

gelam (plural gelam-gelam)

1. (botany) weeping paperbark, long-leaved paperbark, or white paperbark (Melaleuca leucadendra)

   Synonym: kayu putih

2. agate

   gelam:  

3. henna: a rich reddish-brown colour

   gelam:  

Further reading

• “gelam”, 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
• Pusat Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa (1984), Daftar Istilah Warna [Colour Terms List] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia

Malay

(Sense 1) Flowers from the 'gelam' tree.

(Sense 2) A 'gelam' bird, by Dr Raju Kasambe DSC 1380 (3)

Alternative forms

• gĕlam (1924-1972)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Standard Literary, Standard Southern Peninsula) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈlam/ [ɡəˈlam]
• Rhymes: -am
• Hyphenation: ge‧lam

Noun

gelam (Jawi spelling ݢلم, plural gelam-gelam or gelam²)

1. Cajuput tree; Melaleuca leucadendra

   Synonym: kayu putih

2. Ellipsis of burung gelam (“Cinnamon bittern; Ixobrychus cinnamomeus”)

   Synonym: burung pucung bendang

3. Ellipsis of ikan gelam (“Waigieu seaperch; Psammoperca waigiensis”)

Derived terms

Compounds

• gelam belakang coklat (“Von Schrenck's bittern; Ixobrychus eurhythmus”)
• gelam bukit (“Leptospermum amboinense”)
• gelam hitam (“black bittern; Dupetor flavicollis”)
• gelam kuning (“yellow bittern; Ixobrychus sinensis”)
• gelam padang jantan (“Decaspermum fruticosum”)
• tikus gelam (“Syzygium antisepticum; Syzygium zeylanicum”)

Descendants

• > Indonesian: gelam (inherited)

Proper noun

gelam

1. Alternative letter-case form of Gelam (“a tribe of Orang Laut”)

Further reading

• "gelam" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Portuguese

Verb

gelam

1. third-person plural present indicative of gelar