guam

See also: Guam and GUAM

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay ݢوام (guam, “lawsuit; dispute; conflict; disagreement”), from Thai ความ (kwaam, “affair, matter, lawsuit”).[1]

Noun

guam (plural guam-guam)

  1. (dated) dispute; conflict; disagreement

Synonyms

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Malay ݢوام (guam, “thrush”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *guham, from Proto-Austronesian *guSam.

Noun

guam (plural guam-guam)

  1. (dated) thrush
    Synonym: aphtal

References

  1. ^ Schmoldt, A., Benthe, H. F., Haberland, G. (October 2024) “Seventeenth-century Malay wordlists and their potential for etymological scholarship”, in Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia, volume 25, number 3, →DOI, page 40

Further reading

Malay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡuam/
  • Rhymes: -uam, -wam, -am
  • (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): [ˈɡuäm]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *guham, from Proto-Austronesian *guSam. Compare Tagalog guham.

Noun

guam (Jawi spelling ݢوام, plural guam-guam)

  1. thrush; a disease of the sprue type attacking children

Descendants

  • Indonesian: guam

References

  • Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “ݢوم goewam”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 108
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “ݢوم guwam”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 583
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “guam”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 376

Etymology 2

From Thai ความ (kwaam, “affair, matter, lawsuit”)[1]

Noun

guam (Jawi spelling ݢوام, plural guam-guam)

  1. (archaic) dispute; conflict; disagreement
    Synonyms: telingkah, sanggah
  2. lawsuit
    Synonyms: bicara, dakwa

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • peguam [passive / name of profession] (pe-)
  • guaman [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
  • perguaman [causative passive + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peR- + -an)
  • berguam [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Schmoldt, A., Benthe, H. F., Haberland, G. (October 2024) “Seventeenth-century Malay wordlists and their potential for etymological scholarship”, in Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia, volume 25, number 3, →DOI, page 40
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “guam”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 376

Further reading

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