tanam

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Iban

Etymology

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

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

Verb

tanam (used in the form nanam)

to plant
to bury

Derived terms

utai tanam

Indonesian

Etymology

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

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

Verb

tanam

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

Derived terms

tanam benang

Further reading

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

Malay

Etymology

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

IPA^(key): /tanam/
Rhymes: -anam, -nam, -am

Verb

tanam (used in the form menanam)

to plant
to bury

Descendants

Indonesian: tanam

See also

Further reading

“tanam” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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