tanam

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *tanəm (compare Indonesian tanam), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəm (compare Cebuano tanum (“plant”), Chamorro tanom, Samoan tanu), from Proto-Austronesian *CaNəm (“grave, to bury”) (compare Amis tadem).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtanam/
• Hyphenation: ta‧nam

Verb

tanam (used in the form nanam)

1. to plant
2. to bury

Derived terms

• betanam
• ditanam
• nanam

 

• utai tanam

 

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay tanam, from Old Malay tānaṃ, which attested first in the Talang Tuo inscription, 684AD, from Proto-Malayic *tanəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəm (compare Cebuano tanum (“plant”), Chamorro tanom, Samoan tanu), from Proto-Austronesian *CaNəm (“grave, to bury”) (compare Amis tadem).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtanam/
• Hyphenation: ta‧nam
• Rhymes: -am

Verb

tanam

1. imperative of menanam (“to plant, to bury”)

Derived terms

• bertanam
• ditanam
• menanam
• menanami
• menanamkan
• penanam
• penanaman
• pertanaman
• tanam-menanam
• tanam-tanaman
• tanaman
• tertanam

 

• tanam benang

 

Further reading

• “tanam” 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-Malayic *tanəm (compare Indonesian tanam), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəm (compare Cebuano tanum (“plant”), Chamorro tanom, Samoan tanu), from Proto-Austronesian *CaNəm (“grave, to bury”) (compare Amis tadem).

First attested in the Talang Tuo inscription, 684 AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (tānaṃ) in the form [script needed] (nitānaṃ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tanam/
• Rhymes: -anam, -nam, -am

Verb

tanam (used in the form menanam)

1. to plant
2. to bury

Descendants

• Indonesian: tanam

See also

• menanam
• tanamkan
• menanamkan
• tanaman
• ditanam
• ditanamkan
• penanaman

Further reading

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