kayu manis
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Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compound of kayu (“wood”) + manis (“sweet”), inherited from Malay kayu manis (“cinnamon”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kayu manis (plural kayu-kayu manis, first-person possessive kayu manisku, second-person possessive kayu manismu, third-person possessive kayu manisnya)
- cinnamon:
- A small evergreen tree native to Sri Lanka and southern India, Cinnamomum verum or Cinnamomum zeylanicum, belonging to the family Lauraceae.
- Several related trees, notably the Indonesian cinnamon (Cinnamomum burmanni) and Chinese cinnamon or cassia (Cinnamomum aromaticum or Cinnamomum cassia).
- A warm yellowish-brown color, the color of cinnamon.
- kayu manis:
Further reading[edit]
- “kayu manis” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From kayu (“wood”) + manis (“sweet”).
Noun[edit]
kayu manis (informal 1st possessive kayu manisku, 2nd possessive kayu manismu, 3rd possessive kayu manisnya)
Descendants[edit]
- > Indonesian: kayu manis (inherited)
Further reading[edit]
- “kayu manis” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.