malam
Acehnese
Etymology 2
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maləm.
References
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Brunei Malay
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayic *maləm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maləm.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /malam/
- Hyphenation: ma‧lam
Hausa
Etymology
A clipping of malami.
Iban
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayic *maləm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maləm.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /malam/
- Hyphenation: ma‧lam
Indonesian
Alternative forms
- malem (informal)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈma.lam/
- Rhymes: -am
- Hyphenation: ma‧lam
Etymology 1
Inherited from Malay malam, from Proto-Malayic *maləm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maləm.
Noun
malam (plural malam-malam, first-person possessive malamku, second-person possessive malammu, third-person possessive malamnya)
Usage notes
Usage with names of days like Jumat (“Friday”), Senin (“Monday”):
- When placed before the day name means "night before day": malam Jumat "night before Friday"
- When placed after the day name means "night of day": Jumat malam "night of Friday"
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Javanese ꦩꦭꦩ꧀ (malam), probably from Gujarati મલમ (malam, “ointment or paste made of wax”), from Classical Persian مرهم (marham), from Arabic مَرْهَم (marham).
Noun
malam (plural malam-malam, first-person possessive malamku, second-person possessive malammu, third-person possessive malamnya)
Further reading
- “malam” 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.
Javanese
Latin
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maləm (“night, darkness”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /malam/
- Rhymes: -alam, -lam, -am
Audio (MY) (file)
Noun
malam (Jawi spelling مالم, plural malam-malam, informal 1st possessive malamku, 2nd possessive malammu, 3rd possessive malamnya)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “malam” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
- Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*malem”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
Ternate
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈma.lam]
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh