hitam

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: hi‧tam

Noun

hitam

1. a metallic black color

Adjective

hitam

1. of a metallic black color

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay hitam, from Proto-Malayic *hitəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)qitəm.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈhitam/ [ˈhi.t̪am]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -itam
• Syllabification: hi‧tam

Adjective

hitam (comparative lebih hitam, superlative paling hitam)

1. black (absorbing all light)

   Orang itu memiliki mobil hitam.

   That person owns a black car.

Noun

hitam (plural hitam-hitam)

1. black (colour)

See also

Colors in Indonesian · warna (layout · text)

putih	abu-abu, kelabu	hitam
merah; kirmizi	jingga; cokelat, pirang tua	kuning; krem
hijau pupus, hijau limau	hijau	hijau pudina; hijau tua
nilangsuka, sian; hijau laut	biru langit, nilakandi	biru
lembayung; nila	patma; ungu	merah jambu, merah muda

Malay

Alternative forms

• itam

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *hitəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)qitəm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhitam/ [ˈhi.t̪am]
• Rhymes: -itam, -tam, -am

Adjective

hitam (Jawi spelling هيتم, comparative lebih hitam, superlative paling hitam)

1. black (absorbing all light)

   Synonyms: aswad, bolong, langking, lotong

   Orang itu memiliki kereta hitam. ― That person owns a black car.

Descendants

• Indonesian: hitam

Noun

hitam (Jawi spelling هيتم, plural hitam-hitam or hitam²)

1. black (colour)

Descendants

• Indonesian: hitam

Minangkabau

Alternative forms

• itam

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *hitəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)qitəm.

Adjective

hitam

1. black (absorbing all light)

Noun

hitam

1. black (colour)

Portuguese

Verb

hitam

1. third-person plural present indicative of hitar

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay hitam (“black”), from Proto-Malayic *hitəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qitəm. Doublet of itim.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /hiˈtam/ [hɪˈt̪am]
    • Rhymes: -am
  • IPA^(key): /ˈhitam/ [ˈhiː.t̪ɐm] (obsolete)
• Syllabification: hi‧tam

Noun

hitám (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜆᜋ᜔) (obsolete)

1. lead; black lead

   Synonyms: tingga, (obsolete) tinggahitam

Related terms

• tinggahitam

See also

• grapito

Further reading

• “hitam”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Panganiban, José Villa (1973), Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 515
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎^[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[2] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 485: “Plomo) Hitam (pp) negro, tinga hitam, el tal plomo”
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qitem”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ختام, from Arabic خِتَام (ḵitām), verbal noun of خَاتَمَ (ḵātama).

Noun

hitam (definite accusative hitamı, plural hitamlar) (archaic)

1. end, conclusion, completion

   Synonym: son

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “ختام”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[3] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 531
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “hitam”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN