teman

See also: témán and Teman

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteman/
• Rhymes: -eman
• Syllabification: te‧man

Adjective

teman

1. accusative singular of tema

Galician

Verb

teman

1. inflection of temer:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• temen (colloquial)

Etymology

From Malay teman, from Classical Malay [script needed] (teman), from Tamil தமன் (tamaṉ, “friend; relative”). Mostly displaced native kawan, though in Standard Malay the word remains predominantly more in use than teman.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /təˈman/ [t̪əˈman]

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• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: te‧man
• Rhymes: -man, -an, -n

Noun

têman (plural teman-teman)

1. friend

   Synonyms: bendu, dongan, handai, handai tolan, kamerad, kanca, kanti, karib, kawan, kenalan, kolega, kontak, mitra, perepat, rafik, rekan, sahabat, saki, sejawat, sekutu, sobat, sohib, tolan

   Kemarin aku pergi ke rumah teman.

   I went to a friend's house yesterday.

2. associate, partner: someone who is associated with another in a common activity

   Antonym: lawan

3. (colloquial) complement, supplement

   Synonym: pelengkap

Pronoun

têman

1. (colloquial, dialectal) first person singular pronoun.

   Synonyms: aku, saya

Derived terms

Affixations

• berteman
• menemani
• peneman
• pertemanan

Compounds

• teman hidup
• teman nasi
• teman sejawat
• teman tapi mesra

Further reading

• “teman”, 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

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Tamil தமன் (tamaṉ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təman/
• Rhymes: -əman, -man, -an

Noun

teman (Jawi spelling تمن, plural teman-teman or teman²)

1. friend (person whose company one enjoys)

Synonyms

• kawan
• rakan
• sahabat

Derived terms

• teman lelaki
• teman wanita

Verb

teman (used in the form menemani)

1. to accompany

Pronoun

teman (Jawi spelling تمن)

1. I, me, my

Synonyms

• aku
• saya

See also

Malay personal pronouns

	Singular	Plural
1st person	saya1 aku3	kita4 kami2 & 5 kita orang3 & 5
2nd person	awak1 anda2 awda8 (eng)kau3 kamu3	(2nd person) + semua6 kalian2 (eng)kau orang3
3rd person	dia ia beliau7 -nya2	mereka2 dia orang3

¹ Polite.
² Formal.
³ Informal.
⁴ Includes the listener (inclusive).
⁵ Excludes the listener (exclusive).
⁶ Formality depends on the second person pronoun used.
⁷ Honorific.
⁸ Formal (Brunei).

Notes:

• This table mostly only shows personal pronouns that are commonly used in the standard language and within the Klang Valley area.
• The second person pronouns are often replaced by kinship terms, titles, or the like.
• The enclitic -nya is only used obliquely (as an object or possessor).
• The second person pronoun kamu is usually only used when speaking with younger speakers.

See each entry for more information.

Further reading

• "teman" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Middle English

Verb

teman

1. (Early Middle English, Worcestershire) alternative form of temen (“to bear, to support”)

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *temaną.

Verb

teman

1. to fit, to suit

Inflection

Conjugation of teman (strong class 4)

infinitive	teman
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	temo, temon	tam
2nd person singular	timis	tāmi
3rd person singular	timit	tam
1st person plural	temun	tāmon
2nd person plural	temit	tāmot
3rd person plural	temunt	tāmon
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	teme	tāmi
2nd person singular	temis	tāmi
3rd person singular	teme	tāmi
1st person plural	temin	tāmin
2nd person plural	temit	tāmit
3rd person plural	temin	tāmin
imperative	present
singular	tem, tim
plural	temit
participle	present	past
	temandi	tuman, gituman

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: tēmen

Further reading

• “teman”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteː.mɑn/
• Rhymes: -eː.mɑn

Verb

tēman (Anglian)

1. alternative form of tīeman

Conjugation

Conjugation of tēman (weak, class 1)

infinitive	tēman	tēmenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	tēme	tēmde
second person singular	tēmest, tēmst	tēmdest
third person singular	tēmeþ, tēmþ	tēmde
plural	tēmaþ	tēmdon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	tēme	tēmde
plural	tēmen	tēmden
imperative
singular	tēm
plural	tēmaþ
participle	present	past
	tēmende	(ġe)tēmed

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteman/ [ˈt̪e.mãn]
• Rhymes: -eman
• Syllabification: te‧man

Verb

teman

1. third-person plural present indicative of temar
2. inflection of temer:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

Swedish

Noun

teman

1. indefinite plural of tema

Anagrams

• manet, maten, menat, metan