temu.
to meet, to encounter
Meaning & usage
to meet, to encounter
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Malay temu, from Classical Malay تمو (tĕmu), from Old Malay [script needed] (tmu). *From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təmu (“to meet, receive; greet a guest”) *From Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₁mu, *t₁muj, *t₁muəj (“guest, visitor”). Possibly a doublet of tamu (“guest, visitor”).
curcuma: a plant which the bulb used as (traditional) medical potion
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Javanese ꦠꦼꦩꦸ (temu), from Old Javanese tĕmu, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *temu (“turmeric”). Compare to Tagalog támo.
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