tani.
farming
Meaning & usage
farming
the outer gate of the palace
pirate (illegally imitated or reproduced, said of a trademarked product or copyrighted work, or of the counterfeit itself)
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Malay tani, from Tamil தானி (tāṉi, “place”), from Pali ṭhāna (“place”), from Sanskrit स्थान (sthāna). Not related to tanah. Displaced native sawah (“farm, field”) and huma (“farm”). Doublet of istana. * Semantic loan from English pirate. Association happens due homonym bajak of sense Malay-inherited bajak (“(to) plough”) and Javanese-derived bajak (“piracy; to hijack”).
ropes on the boat to secure the mast
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Malay tani.
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