lidah

Acehnese

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *dilah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq, from Proto-Austronesian *dilaq. Compare Tsat la⁵⁵, Javanese dilah and Tagalog dila.

Maybe influenced by Malayic languages, such as Malay or 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

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Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *lidah (compare Malay lidah), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq (compare Ilocano dila, Kiput deleiʔ, Tagalog dila).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.dah/

Noun

lidah

1. (anatomy) tongue

Derived terms

• lidah buaya

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay lidah, from Proto-Malayic *lidah (compare Malay lidah), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq (compare Ilocano dila, Kiput deleiʔ, Tagalog dila).

Noun

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

1. (anatomy) tongue (organ)

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Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *lidah (compare Indonesian lidah), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq (compare Ilocano dila, Kiput deleiʔ, Tagalog dila).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. (anatomy) tongue (organ)