tengah hari
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of tengah + hari, from Malay tengah hari, from Proto-Malayic *təŋah hari.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [təˈŋah ˈhari]
Noun
References
- ^ Adelaar, K. A. (1992), Proto-Malayic: The reconstruction of its phonology and parts of its lexicon and morphology[1], Canberra: The Australian National University
Further reading
- “tengah hari”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Malay
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayic *təŋah hari.[1] By surface analysis, tengah (“middle”) + hari (“day”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /təŋah hari/
Noun
tengah hari (Jawi spelling تڠه هاري, plural tengah-tengah hari)
- noon (midday)
Descendants
- Indonesian: tengah hari
- → Remontado Agta: tanghari
- → Tagalog: tanghali
References
- ^ Adelaar, K. A. (1992), Proto-Malayic: The reconstruction of its phonology and parts of its lexicon and morphology[2], Canberra: The Australian National University