tilam

Brunei Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tilam/
• Hyphenation: ti‧lam

Noun

tilam

1. mattress (a pad on which a person can recline and sleep)

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay tilam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti.lam/
• Rhymes: -lam
• Hyphenation: ti‧lam

Noun

tilam (plural tilam-tilam)

1. mattress (a pad on which a person can recline and sleep)

   Synonym: kasur

Derived terms

• bertilam

Further reading

• “tilam”, 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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -am
• Rhymes: -lam

Noun

tilam (Jawi spelling تيلم, plural tilam-tilam or tilam²)

1. mattress (a pad on which a person can recline and sleep)

Descendants

• > Indonesian: tilam (inherited)

Further reading

• "tilam" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "tilam" at PRPM first version)

Maranao

Noun

tilam

1. mattress
2. cushion

References

• Howard P. McKaughan, Batua A. Macaraya (1967), A Maranao Dictionary‎^[1] (overall work in Maranao and English), University of Hawaii Press