telan

Finnish

Noun

telan

1. genitive singular of tela

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tələn (“to swallow”). Cognate with Central Dusun tohon and Malagasy telina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təlan/
• Rhymes: -əlan, -lan, -an

Verb

telan (Jawi spelling تلن)

1. to swallow

   Telan makanan ― To swallow food

Derived terms

• ditelan
• menelan
• penelan
• penelanan
• tertelan

Descendants

• Indonesian: telan

Further reading

• “telan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *telen