meriam

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay meriam, derived from Khmer កាំភ្លើងមេរៀម (kampləəng mei riəm, “cannon”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /məˈriam/ [məˈri.am]
  • Rhymes: -am
  • Syllabification: me‧ri‧am

Noun

mêriam (plural meriam-meriam)

  1. cannon

References

  1. ^ Mahdi, Waruno (2024) “Austroasiatic loanwords in Austronesian languages”, in Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia‎[1], volume 25, number 3, article 3, →DOI, pages 371–414

Further reading

Malay

Noun

meriam (Jawi spelling مريام, plural meriam-meriam)

  1. cannon, artillery

References

  • Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “مريم marijam”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 131
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “مريم mĕryam or mĕriyam”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 646
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “mĕriam”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 135

Further reading

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