temu

Esperanto

Verb

temu

1. imperative of temi

Iban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təmu/

Verb

temu

1. to know
2. to understand
3. to recognise
4. to meet

Derived terms

• betemu
• nemu
• penemu

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təˈmu/
• Hyphenation: tê‧mu

Etymology 1

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”), or alternatively from Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₁mu, *t₁muj, *t₁muəj (“guest, visitor”). Possible doublet of tamu (“guest, visitor”).

Verb

têmu

1. to meet, to encounter

Synonyms

• jumpa
• sua

Derived terms

• bertemu
• mempertemukan
• menemu
• menemui
• menemukan
• penemu
• penemuan
• pertemuan
• temuan
• tertemu
• tertemukan

 

• temu gelang
• temu kader
• temu kangen
• temu karya
• temu lutut
• temu muka
• temu niaga
• temu ramah
• temu usaha
• temu wicara

 

Related terms

• tamu

 

Etymology 2

From Javanese ꦠꦼꦩꦸ (temu), from Old Javanese tĕmu, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *temu (“turmeric”). Compare to Tagalog támo.

Noun

têmu (first-person possessive temuku, second-person possessive temumu, third-person possessive temunya)

1. curcuma: a plant which the bulb used as (traditional) medical potion.

   temu lawak (Curcuma xanthorthiza)

Derived terms

• temu giring
• temu hitam
• temu ireng
• temu kunci
• temu kuning
• temu lawak
• temu lawas
• temu lilin
• temu mangga
• temu putih
• temu putri
• temu rapet

 

Further reading

• “temu” 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.

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təˈmu/
• Rhymes: -u

Etymology 1

First attested in the Talang Tuo inscription, 684 AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (tmu), from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təmu (“to meet, receive; greet a guest”), or alternatively from Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₁mu, *t₁muj, *t₁muəj (“guest, visitor”). Possible doublet of tamu (“guest, visitor”).

Verb

temu (Jawi spelling تمو)

1. to meet, to encounter

   Synonyms: jumpa, sua

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• penemu [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• penemuan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• temuan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
• pemertemu [causative passive + agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peR- + peN-)
• menemu [agent focus] (meN-)
• menemukan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• menemui [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
• ditemu [patient focus] (di-)
• ditemukan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
• ditemui [patient focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (di- + -i)
• tertemu [agentless action] (teR-)
• tertemukan [agentless action + causative benefactive] (teR- + -kan)
• bertemu [stative / habitual] (beR-)
• mempertemukan [causative agent focus + causative benefactive] (mempeR- + -kan)
• dipertemukan [causative passive focus + causative benefactive] (dipeR- + -kan)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• temu duga
• temu janji
• temu muka
• temu niaga
• temu ramah
• temu usaha
• temu bicara

Related terms

• tamu

 

Descendants

• Indonesian: têmu

Etymology 2

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tamu (“turmeric”).

Noun

temu (Jawi spelling تمو, plural temu-temu, informal 1st possessive temuku, 2nd possessive temumu, 3rd possessive temunya)

1. wild ginger; generic for Curcuma spp. and similar plants

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• temu giring
• temu hitam
• temu kecil
• temu kunci
• temu kuning
• temu kunyit
• temu lawak
• temu lawas
• temu mangga
• temu putih
• temu puteri
• temu raya

Further reading

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

Polish

Etymology

Dative of ten.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.mu/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛmu
• Syllabification: te‧mu

Preposition

temu

1. ago

   Synonym: wcześniej

   Jak dawno temu? ― How long ago?

   Dwie godziny temu. ― Two hours ago.

Pronoun

temu m

1. dative singular of ten

Pronoun

temu n

1. dative singular of to

Further reading

• temu in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• temu in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [teˈmu]

Verb

temu

1. third-person singular simple perfect indicative of teme

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

temu (Cyrillic spelling тему)

1. accusative singular of tema