lidah

Acehnese

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *dilah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq (“tongue”), from Proto-Austronesian *dilaq (“to lick”). Compare Tsat la⁵⁵, Javanese dilah and Tagalog dila.

Likely influenced by Malayic languages, such as Malay (through dialects from neighbouring areas or modern Indonesian), which display a metathesis between the initial d and the l of the following syllable (compare Malay lidah and Indonesian lidah).

Noun

lidah

1. (anatomy) tongue (organ)

Synonyms

• dilah

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *dilah by metathesis, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq (“tongue”), from Proto-Austronesian *dilaq (“to lick”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.dah/

Noun

lidah

1. (anatomy) tongue

Derived terms

• lidah buaya

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay lidah, from Proto-Malayic *dilah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq (“tongue”), from Proto-Austronesian *dilaq (“to lick”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈlidah/ [ˈli.dah]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -idah
• Syllabification: li‧dah

Noun

lidah (plural lidah-lidah)

1. tongue (the flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around)
2. tongue (manner of speaking)
3. (zoology) speckled tonguesole (Cynoglossus puncticeps)

Derived terms

• berlidah (“tongued”)
• melidah (“to resemble a tongue”)
• melidahkan (“to say; to speak”) (chiefly obsolete)

Compounds

• lidah air
• lidah anjing
• lidah api
• lidah ayam
• lidah badak
• lidah bajak
• lidah bajang
• lidah bercabang
• lidah biawak
• lidah buaya
• lidah dacin
• lidah daun
• lidah dingin
• lidah gajah
• lidah jin
• lidah kaku
• lidah keling
• lidah keras
• lidah kerbau
• lidah kering
• lidah kucing
• lidah lembu
• lidah lembut
• lidah mara
• lidah mertua
• lidah ombak
• lidah panas
• lidah papan
• lidah patah
• lidah rakyat
• lidah sepatu
• lidah serunai
• lidah tedung
• lidah tergalang
• lidah terganjal
• lidah terkalang

Further reading

• “lidah”, 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

lidah

1. romanization of ꦭꦶꦝꦃ

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *dilah by metathesis, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq (“tongue”), from Proto-Austronesian *dilaq (“to lick”). Doublet of jilat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lidah/
• Rhymes: -dah, -ah

• Audio (Malaysia):

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Noun

lidah (Jawi spelling ليده, plural lidah-lidah or lidah²)

1. (anatomy) tongue (organ)

Further reading

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

Minangkabau

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *dilah by metathesis, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq (“tongue”), from Proto-Austronesian *dilaq (“to lick”).

Noun

lidah

1. tongue