tinjau
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay tinjau, from Classical Malay tinjau, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tindaw (compare Maori tiro, Malagasy tsinju (“to be gazed , to be perceived”), Javanese ꦠꦶꦚ꧀ꦗꦺꦴ (tinjo, “to visit”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈtind͡ʒau̯/ [ˈt̪iɲ.d͡ʒau̯]
- Rhymes: -ind͡ʒau̯
- Syllabification: tin‧jau
Verb
tinjau
Derived terms
Further reading
- “tinjau” 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.
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*tindaw”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
Malay
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tindaw. Compare Maori tiro.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtind͡ʒaw/ [ˈt̪iɲ.d͡ʒau̯]
- Rhymes: -ind͡ʒau̯, -d͡ʒau̯, -au̯
- Hyphenation: tin‧jau
Verb
tinjau (Jawi spelling تينجاو)
- (transitive) To observe.
- Synonym: perhati
- (transitive) To watch (of security).
- (transitive) To survey.
- (transitive) To scrutinize; to inspect; to investigate.
- (transitive) To visit.
- Synonym: lawat
Derived terms
Affixations
Compounds
- tinjau karang
Descendants
- > Indonesian: tinjau (inherited)
Further reading
- “tinjau” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*tindaw”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI