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lidah

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Acehnese

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Etymology

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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

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lidah

  1. (anatomy) tongue (organ)

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Brunei Malay

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lidah

  1. (anatomy) tongue

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈli.däh/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -dah, -ah, -h
  • Hyphenation: li‧dah

Noun

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lidah (first-person possessive lidahku, second-person possessive lidahmu, third-person possessive lidahnya)

  1. tongue
    1. (anatomy) The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech.
    2. Manner of speaking. The power of articulate utterance; speech generally.
      Synonyms: perkataan, tutur kata
  2. (zoology) speckled tonguesole (Cynoglossus puncticeps).

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Further reading

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Javanese

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Romanization

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lidah

  1. Romanization of ꦭꦶꦝꦃ

Malay

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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lidah (Jawi spelling ليده, plural lidah-lidah, informal 1st possessive lidahku, 2nd possessive lidahmu, 3rd possessive lidahnya)

  1. (anatomy) tongue (organ)

Further reading

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  • lidah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, 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

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Etymology

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

Noun

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lidah

  1. tongue