paman

From Malay paman.

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• Rhymes: -an

paman (plural paman-paman)

1. uncle

• (uncle): mamang, om
• (mother's brother): mamak
• (mother's older brother): encang, pakde
• (father's older brother): encang, pakde, uak
• (mother's younger brother): encing, pakcik, paklik
• (father's younger brother): encing, pakcik, paklik

From pa +‎ man. Compare Tagalog paman.

IPA^(key): /pəˈman/ [pəˈmän]

paman

1. attaching to an indefinite pronoun or determiner

   Makanitapaman.

   Nevertheless.

   Nanupaman.

   No matter what.

   Nokarinpaman.

   Anywhere.

2. in the past; before; even; yet

   Synonyms: kanita, parin, mo, man

   Makanita yapaman.

   It's like that even before.

   Alikupaman.

   I haven't yet.

3. used after past-tense conditional clauses; if; when

   Mamaglulua paman.

   When tears overflow.

   Kaulan paman.

   If only you hug me.

From Javanese ꦥꦩꦤ꧀ (paman, “uncle”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paR-amax-en (“father”), from Proto-Austronesian *ama-h (“father”). Doublet of rama.

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /paman/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /paman/
• Rhymes: -aman, -man, -an

paman (Jawi spelling راما, plural paman-paman)

1. (colloquial) uncle
2. (colloquial) a form of address to persons that older than oneself

• bapa saudara
• pak cik
• mamak

• “paman” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Wilkinson, Richard James. An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary. Macmillan. 1965.