kemiri

Borrowed from Indonesian kemiri, from Malay kemiri.

kemiri

1. candlenut, Aleurites moluccanus or Aleurites moluccana

• The taxonomic name Aleurites moluccanus is grammatically correct and is used e.g. by the Encyclopedia of Life and English Wikipedia. However, Aleurites moluccana is historically more widely used.

• meriki

From Malay kemiri, from Proto-Austronesian *kamiri.

• IPA^(key): [kəˈmiri]
• Hyphenation: kê‧mi‧ri

kemiri (plural kemiri-kemiri)

1. candlenut (Aleurites moluccanus)

   Synonyms: damar, keminting

• → English: kemiri

• “kemiri” 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.
• Tantri Miharti, Kurniawati, Dewi Eka Arini Algozi (2019) Kamus Tata Boga [Culinary Arts Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan Bahasa dan Perbukuan, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, page 46

• kembiri

From Proto-Austronesian *kamiri.

• IPA^(key): [kəˈmiri]
• Hyphenation: kĕ‧mi‧ri

kemiri (Jawi spelling کميري)

1. candlenut (Aleurites moluccanus).

   Synonyms: buah keras, keminting

• Indonesian: kemiri
  • → English: kemiri

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