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minum.

to drink

5 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈminum/Standard-Indonesian[ˈmi.nʊm]Standard-Indonesian
  1. to drink

  2. to take, consume (a medicine)

  3. to drink (to smoke, as tobacco)

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay minum, from Classical Malay مينوم, from Old Malay [script needed] (minuṃ), from Proto-Malayic *maN-inum, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *inum. By surface analysis, inum + meng-. First attested in the Talang Tuo inscription, 684 AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (minuṃ) in the inflected form [script needed] (niminuṃña) (current form diminumnya).

noun/ˈminum/Standard-Indonesian[ˈmi.nʊm]Standard-Indonesian
  1. drinking (the act of consuming a liquid)

    uncountable
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay minum, from Classical Malay مينوم, from Old Malay [script needed] (minuṃ), from Proto-Malayic *maN-inum, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *inum. By surface analysis, inum + meng-. First attested in the Talang Tuo inscription, 684 AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (minuṃ) in the inflected form [script needed] (niminuṃña) (current form diminumnya).

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