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Temiar.

An Aslian language (belonging to the wider Austroasiatic family) spoken by the Temiar people.

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Meaning & usage

noun/təˈmɪə/Received-Pronunciation/təˈmɛː/Received-Pronunciation/ˈtɛmiˌɑː/Received-Pronunciation/ˈteɪmiˌɑː/Received-Pronunciation
  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.

Where this word comes from

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”).

adj/təˈmɪə/Received-Pronunciation/təˈmɛː/Received-Pronunciation/ˈtɛmiˌɑː/Received-Pronunciation/ˈteɪmiˌɑː/Received-Pronunciation
  1. Of or pertaining to Temiar people or their language.

Where this word comes from

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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