kayu manis

Compound of kayu (“wood”) +‎ manis (“sweet”), inherited from Malay kayu manis (“cinnamon”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.ju ˈma.nɪs/

kayu manis (plural kayu-kayu manis)

1. cinnamon:
   1. a small evergreen tree native to Sri Lanka and southern India, Cinnamomum verum or Cinnamomum zeylanicum, belonging to the family Lauraceae
   2. several related trees, notably the Indonesian cinnamon (Cinnamomum burmanni) and Chinese cinnamon or cassia (Cinnamomum aromaticum or Cinnamomum cassia)
   3. a warm yellowish-brown color, the color of cinnamon.

      kayu manis:  

• “kayu manis” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
• Daftar Istilah Warna [Color Glossary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, 1984, page 7

Compound of kayu (“wood”) +‎ manis (“sweet”), literally “sweet wood”.

• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): /ˈkaju ˈmanes/ [ˈka.ju ˈma.nes]
  • Rhymes: -anes, -es

• (Baku) IPA^(key): /ˈkaju ˈmanis/ [ˈka.ju ˈma.nis]
  • Rhymes: -anis, -is
• Hyphenation: ka‧yu ma‧nis

kayu manis (Jawi spelling کايو مانيس)

1. cinnamon

• > Indonesian: kayu manis (inherited)

• “kayu manis” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.