temiar

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Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
9
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/təˈmɪə/
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/təˈmɪə/ · /təˈmɛː/ · /ˈtɛmiˌɑː/ · /ˈteɪmiˌɑː/ · /təˈmaɪə/ · /təˈmɪɹ/ · /təˈmɛɹ/ · /ˈtɛmiˌɑɹ/ · /ˈteɪmiˌɑɹ/ · /təˈmaɪɚ/

Definition of temiar

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

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

  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.

adj

  1. Of or pertaining to Temiar people or their language.

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Etymology

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…

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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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