menir

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [məˈnɪr]
• Hyphenation: mê‧nir

Etymology 1

From Javanese ꦩꦼꦤꦶꦂ (menir, “broken grain”).

Noun

mênir (plural menir-menir)

1. dust from rice grain.

   Synonym: melukut

Etymology 2

From Dutch meneer (“sir, mister”), mijnheer, from Middle Dutch mijnhere. Compare English milord.

Noun

mênir (plural menir-menir)

1. (historical) mister.

   Synonym: tuan

Further reading

• “menir” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

menir

1. Romanization of ꦩꦼꦤꦶꦂ

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French menhir, from Breton maen-hir.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈniʁ/ [meˈnih]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈniʁ/ [meˈnih]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /meˈniɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /meˈniʁ/ [meˈniχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈniɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈniɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈniɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈni.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: me‧nir

Noun

menir m (plural menires)

1. (archaeology) menhir