gamĕl

See also: gamel

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡa.məl/
  • Rhymes: -məl
  • Hyphenation: ga‧mĕl

Etymology 1

Unknown, probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *jəl, *juəl, *uəl (“to carry on head, to raise high”) +‎ *-m- (“nominalizing agentive infix”).

Root

gamĕl

  1. to touch, to grasp
  2. to seize, to take hold of, to grasp, to hold
Derived terms
  • aṅgamĕl
  • aṅgamĕli
  • ginamĕl
  • ginamĕlakĕn
  • ginamĕlan
  • kagamĕl
  • kagamĕlan
  • magamĕlan
  • pagamĕlan
  • tan pagamĕlan
Descendants
  • > Javanese: ꦒꦩꦼꦭ꧀ (gamel) (inherited)

Etymology 2

Unknown, probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *kəəlʔ, *kəl (“to support, to help”) +‎ *-m- (“nominalizing agentive infix”).

Noun

gamĕl

  1. accompanying with (playing of) a percussion instrument
Derived terms
  • agamĕl
  • gamĕlan
  • pagamĕl
  • pagamĕlan
  • pinagamĕlakĕn
Descendants

Further reading

  • "gamĕl" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
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