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

  1. to observe
  2. to inspect

Derived terms

Further reading

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)

  1. (transitive) To observe.
    Synonym: perhati
  2. (transitive) To watch (of security).
    Synonyms: kawal, jaga
  3. (transitive) To survey.
  4. (transitive) To scrutinize; to inspect; to investigate.
    Synonyms: selidik, siasat
  5. (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