telan

Finnish

Noun

telan

1. genitive singular of tela

Indonesian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay telan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tələn (“to swallow”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /təˈlan/ [t̪əˈlan]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: te‧lan

Verb

telan (active menelan, reflexive passive tertelan, ordinary passive ditelan, imperative telan, emphatic-jussive telanlah)

1. to swallow

Conjugation

Conjugation of telan (meng-, transitive)

root	telan
	active	passive		basic imperative	emphatic jussive
		reflective1	ordinary
	ordinary
nominative	menelan	tertelan	ditelan	telan	telanlah
accusative / dative / locative	–	–	–	–	–
perfective causative / applicative2	–	–	–	–	–
	causative
nominative	–	–	–	–	–
accusative / dative / locative	–	–	–	–	–
perfective causative / applicative2	–	–	–	–	–

¹ There is another form of reflective passive verb with affixation of ke- -an which is not included in the table. This form is only attested in active voice without causative affixation of per-.
² The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

• menelan
• penelan
• penelanan
• tertelan

• telan ludah
• telan zaman

Etymology 2

Unknown (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtelan/ [ˈt̪e.lan]
• Rhymes: -elan
• Syllabification: te‧lan

Noun

telan (plural telan-telan)

1. small worms
2. small fish that resemble worms

Further reading

• “telan”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*telen”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tələn (“to swallow”). Cognate with Central Dusun tohon and Malagasy telina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təlan/
• Rhymes: -əlan, -lan, -an

Verb

telan (Jawi spelling تلن)

1. to swallow

   Telan makanan ― To swallow food

Derived terms

• ditelan
• menelan
• penelan
• penelanan
• tertelan

Descendants

• Indonesian: telan

Further reading

• "telan" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *telen