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tanam.

to plant

5 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈtanam/Standard-Indonesian[ˈt̪a.nam]Standard-Indonesian
  1. to plant

  2. to bury

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay tanam, from Proto-Malayic *tanəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəm, from Proto-Austronesian *CaNəm (“grave, to bury”). First attested in the Talang Tuo inscription, 684 AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (tānaṃ) in the inflected form [script needed] (nitānaṃ) (current spelling ditanam).

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