tanam

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Iban[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayic *tanəm (compare Indonesian tanam), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəm (compare Cebuano tanum (“plant”), Chamorro tanom, Samoan tanu), from Proto-Austronesian *CaNəm (“grave, to bury”) (compare Amis tadem).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈtanam/
  • Hyphenation: ta‧nam

Verb[edit]

tanam (used in the form nanam)

  1. to plant
  2. to bury

Derived terms[edit]

Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Malay tanam, from Old Malay tānaṃ, which attested first in the Talang Tuo inscription, 684AD, from Proto-Malayic *tanəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəm (compare Cebuano tanum (“plant”), Chamorro tanom, Samoan tanu), from Proto-Austronesian *CaNəm (“grave, to bury”) (compare Amis tadem).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈtanam/
  • Hyphenation: ta‧nam
  • Rhymes: -am

Verb[edit]

tanam

  1. imperative of menanam (“to plant, to bury”)

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Malay[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayic *tanəm (compare Indonesian tanam), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəm (compare Cebuano tanum (“plant”), Chamorro tanom, Samoan tanu), from Proto-Austronesian *CaNəm (“grave, to bury”) (compare Amis tadem).

First attested in the Talang Tuo inscription, 684 AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (tānaṃ) in the form [script needed] (nitānaṃ).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

tanam (used in the form menanam)

  1. to plant
  2. to bury

Descendants[edit]

  • Indonesian: tanam

See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

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