tĕmu

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təmu/

Etymology 1

Probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₁mu, *t₁muj, *t₁muəj (“guest, visitor”). Compare to Old Javanese tamu (“guest, visitor”).

Noun

tĕmu

1. meeting, encounter

Derived terms

• amatĕmwakĕn
• anĕmoni
• anĕmu
• anĕmu-nĕmu
• anĕmwakĕn
• atĕmu
• katĕmu
• katĕmwan
• panĕmu
• panĕmwan
• patĕmu
• patĕmwan
• pinatĕmwakĕn
• pinitĕmonan
• tinĕmokĕn
• tinĕmu
• tinĕmwakĕn
• tumĕmu
• tumĕmwakĕn
• tĕmwan

 

• apatĕmwan wulat
• atĕmu taṅan
• tĕmu bañu
• tĕmu tahun

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦠꦼꦩꦸ (temu, “to meet”).
• → Balinese: ᬢᭂᬫᬸ (temu, “to meet”).

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tamu₂ (“turmeric”).

Noun

tĕmu

1. a kind of plant

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦠꦼꦩꦸ (temu, “ginger root”).
  • → Indonesian: temu
• Balinese: ᬢᭂᬫᬸ (temu, “ginger root”).

References

• "tĕmu" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.