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guam

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See also: Guam and GUAM

Malay

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *guham, from Proto-Austronesian *guSam. Compare Tagalog guham.

Noun

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guam (Jawi spelling ݢوام, plural guam-guam, informal 1st possessive guamku, 2nd possessive guammu, 3rd possessive guamnya)

  1. thrush; a disease of the sprue type attacking children

Descendants

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  • Indonesian: guam

References

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  • 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

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From Thai ความ (kwaam, affair, matter, lawsuit)[1]

Noun

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guam (Jawi spelling ݢوام, plural guam-guam, informal 1st possessive guamku, 2nd possessive guammu, 3rd possessive guamnya)

  1. (archaic) dispute; conflict; disagreement
    Synonyms: telingkah, sanggah
  2. lawsuit
    Synonyms: bicara, dakwa

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ 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, →DOI, page 40
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “guam”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 376

Further reading

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