tanam

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Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Malay tanam.

Verb[edit]

tanam (used in the form menanam)

  1. to plant
  2. to bury

Malay[edit]

Etymology[edit]

First attested in the Talang Tuo inscription, 684AD. 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]

Verb[edit]

tanam (used in the form menanam)

  1. to plant
  2. to bury

See also[edit]

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