guam
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Malay
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *guham, from Proto-Austronesian *guSam. Compare Tagalog guham.
Noun
[edit]guam (Jawi spelling ݢوام, plural guam-guam, informal 1st possessive guamku, 2nd possessive guammu, 3rd possessive guamnya)
Descendants
[edit]- Indonesian: guam
References
[edit]- Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “ݢوم goewam”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 108
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “ݢوم guwam”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 583
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “guam”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 376
Etymology 2
[edit]From Thai ความ (kwaam, “affair, matter, lawsuit”)[1]
Noun
[edit]guam (Jawi spelling ݢوام, plural guam-guam, informal 1st possessive guamku, 2nd possessive guammu, 3rd possessive guamnya)
Derived terms
[edit]Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
Descendants
[edit]- Indonesian: guam
References
[edit]- ^ Schmoldt, A., Benthe, H. F., Haberland, G. (2024 October) “Seventeenth-century Malay wordlists and their potential for etymological scholarship”, in Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia, volume 25, number 3, , page 40
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “guam”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 376
Further reading
[edit]- “guam” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Categories:
- Malay terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Malay/uam
- Rhymes:Malay/wam
- Rhymes:Malay/am
- Malay 2-syllable words
- Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Malay terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Malay lemmas
- Malay nouns
- Malay terms borrowed from Thai
- Malay terms derived from Thai
- Malay terms with archaic senses