English Explanatory Dictionary

Temiar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An Aslian language (belonging to the wider Austroasiatic family) spoken by the Temiar people.
  2. An Orang Asli ethnolinguistic group that speaks this language or a member of it.
adj
  1. Of or pertaining to Temiar people or their language.

Pronunciation

/təˈmɪə/ /təˈmɛː/ /ˈtɛmiˌɑː/ /ˈteɪmiˌɑː/ /təˈmaɪə/ /təˈmɪɹ/ /təˈmɛɹ/ /ˈtɛmiˌɑɹ/ /ˈteɪmiˌɑɹ/ /təˈmaɪɚ/

Word forms

Temiar Temiars Tembe Tembé Tĕm-be' Tĕmbe' Tembeh Tĕmbi Tembir Tĕmbir Teme Tĕmeh Temeok Temer Temêr Tĕmîa Tĕmiar Tĕmiå Tĕmiau Tĕmiok Timeor Tm-ee Tumeor Tumior Tûmîor Tumiou Tûmiyôr Tummeor Tummior more Temiar most Temiar

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Semai Temiir, Temèèr (“Temiar”), or a cognate such as Lanoh Təmyɛl (“Temiar”), itself probably from a Malayo-Polynesian term cognate to Javanese tambér, Madurese tambir and Sundanese tambir (all "to stick to the edge"); possibly compare Austroasiatic terms such as Bulo Stieng bər (“rim”), Laven bi̤ər (“rim”), Lawi tapiər (“rim”) (Proto-Bahnaric *ɓər), Nyah Kur [script needed] (bíər, “edge of soft-shelled turtle carapace”), and Khasi tmier (“edge”).

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