temandang

Malay

Etymology

From tandang +‎ -em-.[1]

Noun

temandang (Jawi spelling تمندڠ, plural temandang-temandang)

  1. appearance, alternative form of tumandang
    Synonym: rupa
  2. gait or stance (of an actor, soldier etc)
    Synonyms: tingkah, gerak
  3. outfit, getup, uniform[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Luering, H. L. E. (June 1903) “Notes on the Formation of Words in Malay and Cognate Languages”, in Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, number 39, page 32
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “تمندڠ tĕmandang”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 197
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “tĕmandang”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 550

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