menir

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [məˈnɪr]
• Hyphenation: mê‧nir

Etymology 1

From Javanese ꦩꦼꦤꦶꦂ (menir, “broken grain”).

Noun

mênir (first-person possessive menirku, second-person possessive menirmu, third-person possessive menirnya)

1. dust from rice grain.

   Synonym: melukut

Etymology 2

From Dutch meneer (“sir, mister”), mijnheer, from Middle Dutch mijnhere. Compare English milord.

Noun

mênir (first-person possessive menirku, second-person possessive menirmu, third-person possessive menirnya)

1. (colloquial) mister.

   Synonym: tuan

Further reading

• “menir” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

menir

1. Romanization of ꦩꦼꦤꦶꦂ

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French menhir, from Breton maen-hir.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈni(ʁ)/ [meˈni(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈni(ʁ)/ [meˈni(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /meˈni(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /meˈni(ʁ)/ [meˈni(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈni(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈniɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈniɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈni.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: me‧nir

Noun

menir m (plural menires)

1. (archaeology) menhir