lidah
Acehnese
Etymology
From Proto-Chamic *dilah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq (“tongue”), from Proto-Austronesian *dilaq (“to lick”). Compare Tsat la⁵⁵, Javanese dilah and Tagalog dila.
Likely influenced by Malayic languages, such as Malay (through dialects from neighbouring areas or modern Indonesian), which display a metathesis between the initial d and the l of the following syllable (compare Malay lidah and Indonesian lidah).
Noun
lidah
Synonyms
Brunei Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *dilah by metathesis, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq (“tongue”), from Proto-Austronesian *dilaq (“to lick”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /li.dah/
Noun
lidah
Derived terms
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay lidah, from Proto-Malayic *dilah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq (“tongue”), from Proto-Austronesian *dilaq (“to lick”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈlidah/ [ˈli.dah]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -idah
- Syllabification: li‧dah
Noun
lidah (plural lidah-lidah)
- tongue (the flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around)
- tongue (manner of speaking)
- (zoology) speckled tonguesole (Cynoglossus puncticeps)
Derived terms
- berlidah (“tongued”)
- melidah (“to resemble a tongue”)
- melidahkan (“to say; to speak”) (chiefly obsolete)
Compounds
- lidah air
- lidah anjing
- lidah api
- lidah ayam
- lidah badak
- lidah bajak
- lidah bajang
- lidah bercabang
- lidah biawak
- lidah buaya
- lidah dacin
- lidah daun
- lidah dingin
- lidah gajah
- lidah jin
- lidah kaku
- lidah keling
- lidah keras
- lidah kerbau
- lidah kering
- lidah kucing
- lidah lembu
- lidah lembut
- lidah mara
- lidah mertua
- lidah ombak
- lidah panas
- lidah papan
- lidah patah
- lidah rakyat
- lidah sepatu
- lidah serunai
- lidah tedung
- lidah tergalang
- lidah terganjal
- lidah terkalang
Further reading
- “lidah” 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.
Javanese
Romanization
lidah
- romanization of ꦭꦶꦝꦃ
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *dilah by metathesis, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq (“tongue”), from Proto-Austronesian *dilaq (“to lick”). Doublet of jilat.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lidah/
- Rhymes: -dah, -ah
Audio (Malaysia): (file)
Noun
lidah (Jawi spelling ليده, plural lidah-lidah)
Further reading
- “lidah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*dilaq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
Minangkabau
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *dilah by metathesis, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq (“tongue”), from Proto-Austronesian *dilaq (“to lick”).
Noun
lidah