meranti

English

Etymology

From Malay meranti.

Noun

meranti (uncountable)

1. The timber of any of various trees of the genus Shorea.
   • 2007 August 19, Jay Romano, “Decks: Real Wood or a Look-Alike?”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Homeowners can also use cedar, at $1.50 to $3 or more per foot, or exotic hardwoods like meranti from Southeast Asia or ipê from Brazil at about $3 a foot.

Derived terms

• yellow meranti (Shorea faguetiana)

Translations

the timber of any of various trees of the genus Shorea

• Portuguese: meranti m

Further reading

• meranti on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Shorea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Shorea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• Inter-Am., Reitman, Tremain, antimer, antmire, artemin, matrine, minaret, raiment, trimean

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay meranti, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *haməti, from Proto-Austronesian *SaməCi (“Solanum nigrum”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [məˈranti]
• Hyphenation: mê‧ran‧ti

Noun

mêranti (plural meranti-meranti)

1. meranti (the timber of any of various trees of the genus Shorea)

Further reading

• “meranti” 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.

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *haməti, from Proto-Austronesian *SaməCi (“Solanum nigrum”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məranti/
• Rhymes: -anti, -nti, -ti

Noun

meranti (Jawi spelling مرنتي, plural meranti-meranti)

1. meranti (the timber of any of various trees of the genus Shorea)

Descendants

• Indonesian: meranti
• → English: meranti
• → Portuguese: meranti

Further reading

• “meranti” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Malay meranti.

Noun

meranti m (uncountable)

1. meranti (the timber of any of various trees of the genus Shorea)