See temu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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}
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"sense": "Affixations",
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{
"sense": "Affixations",
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},
{
"sense": "Affixations",
"word": "penemuan"
},
{
"sense": "Affixations",
"word": "temuan"
},
{
"sense": "Affixations",
"word": "tertemu"
},
{
"sense": "Affixations",
"word": "tertemukan"
},
{
"sense": "Compounds",
"word": "temu bicara"
},
{
"sense": "Compounds",
"word": "temu duga"
},
{
"sense": "Compounds",
"word": "temu janji"
},
{
"sense": "Compounds",
"word": "temu muka"
},
{
"sense": "Compounds",
"word": "temu niaga"
},
{
"sense": "Compounds",
"word": "temu ramah"
},
{
"sense": "Compounds",
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],
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"word": "tamu"
}
],
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"word": "jumpa"
},
{
"word": "sua"
}
]
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"note": "Literary Standard, Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard"
},
{
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"note": "Literary Standard, Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard"
},
{
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],
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"Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/tamu"
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},
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"name": "der"
}
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{
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"tags": [
"Jawi"
]
},
{
"form": "temu-temu",
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"plural"
]
},
{
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"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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},
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"mu"
]
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"sense": "Compounds",
"word": "temu giring"
},
{
"sense": "Compounds",
"word": "temu hitam"
},
{
"sense": "Compounds",
"word": "temu kecil"
},
{
"sense": "Compounds",
"word": "temu kunci"
},
{
"sense": "Compounds",
"word": "temu kuning"
},
{
"sense": "Compounds",
"word": "temu kunyit"
},
{
"sense": "Compounds",
"word": "temu lawak"
},
{
"sense": "Compounds",
"word": "temu lawas"
},
{
"sense": "Compounds",
"word": "temu mangga"
},
{
"sense": "Compounds",
"word": "temu puteri"
},
{
"sense": "Compounds",
"word": "temu putih"
},
{
"sense": "Compounds",
"word": "temu raya"
}
],
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],
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[
"wild ginger",
"wild ginger"
],
[
"Curcuma",
"Curcuma"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/təˈmu/",
"note": "Literary Standard, Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard"
},
{
"ipa": "[t̪əˈmu]",
"note": "Literary Standard, Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard"
},
{
"rhymes": "-u"
}
],
"word": "temu"
}
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"Malay entries with incorrect language header",
"Malay lemmas",
"Malay nouns",
"Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
"Malay terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Malay verbs",
"Pages with 8 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Requests for native script for Old Malay terms",
"Rhymes:Malay/u",
"Rhymes:Malay/u/2 syllables"
],
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{
"sense": "Affixations",
"word": "bertemu"
},
{
"sense": "Affixations",
"word": "dipertemukan"
},
{
"sense": "Affixations",
"word": "ditemu"
},
{
"sense": "Affixations",
"word": "ditemui"
},
{
"sense": "Affixations",
"word": "ditemukan"
},
{
"sense": "Affixations",
"word": "mempertemukan"
},
{
"sense": "Affixations",
"word": "menemu"
},
{
"sense": "Affixations",
"word": "menemui"
},
{
"sense": "Affixations",
"word": "menemukan"
},
{
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"word": "pemertemu"
},
{
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},
{
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},
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"word": "temuan"
},
{
"sense": "Affixations",
"word": "tertemu"
},
{
"sense": "Affixations",
"word": "tertemukan"
},
{
"sense": "Compounds",
"word": "temu bicara"
},
{
"sense": "Compounds",
"word": "temu duga"
},
{
"sense": "Compounds",
"word": "temu janji"
},
{
"sense": "Compounds",
"word": "temu muka"
},
{
"sense": "Compounds",
"word": "temu niaga"
},
{
"sense": "Compounds",
"word": "temu ramah"
},
{
"sense": "Compounds",
"word": "temu usaha"
}
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"lang_code": "id",
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"inherited",
"inherited"
],
"word": "têmu"
}
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"Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/təmu"
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"*t₁mu",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Mon-Khmer/t₁mu"
],
[
"*t₁muj",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Mon-Khmer/t₁muj"
],
[
"*t₁muəj",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Mon-Khmer/t₁muəj"
],
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"tr": "tmu"
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{
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"t": "to meet, receive; greet a guest"
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"name": "inh"
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{
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},
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"name": "der"
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"2": "tamu",
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"t1": "guest, visitor"
},
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"name": "dbt"
}
],
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"forms": [
{
"form": "تمو",
"tags": [
"Jawi"
]
}
],
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"args": {
"j": "تمو"
},
"expansion": "temu (Jawi spelling تمو)",
"name": "ms-verb"
}
],
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{
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"te",
"mu"
]
}
],
"lang": "Malay",
"lang_code": "ms",
"pos": "verb",
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{
"word": "tamu"
}
],
"senses": [
{
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"to meet, to encounter"
],
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"meet",
"meet"
],
[
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"encounter"
]
],
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{
"word": "jumpa"
},
{
"word": "sua"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/təˈmu/",
"note": "Literary Standard, Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard"
},
{
"ipa": "[t̪əˈmu]",
"note": "Literary Standard, Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard"
},
{
"rhymes": "-u"
}
],
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"Talang Tuo inscription"
],
"word": "temu"
}
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"Pages with 8 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Malay/u",
"Rhymes:Malay/u/2 syllables"
],
"derived": [
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"sense": "Compounds",
"word": "temu giring"
},
{
"sense": "Compounds",
"word": "temu hitam"
},
{
"sense": "Compounds",
"word": "temu kecil"
},
{
"sense": "Compounds",
"word": "temu kunci"
},
{
"sense": "Compounds",
"word": "temu kuning"
},
{
"sense": "Compounds",
"word": "temu kunyit"
},
{
"sense": "Compounds",
"word": "temu lawak"
},
{
"sense": "Compounds",
"word": "temu lawas"
},
{
"sense": "Compounds",
"word": "temu mangga"
},
{
"sense": "Compounds",
"word": "temu puteri"
},
{
"sense": "Compounds",
"word": "temu putih"
},
{
"sense": "Compounds",
"word": "temu raya"
}
],
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[
"*tamu",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/tamu"
]
],
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"t": "turmeric"
},
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"name": "der"
}
],
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"forms": [
{
"form": "تمو",
"tags": [
"Jawi"
]
},
{
"form": "temu-temu",
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"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "temu²",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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},
"expansion": "temu (Jawi spelling تمو, plural temu-temu or temu²)",
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{
"parts": [
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"mu"
]
}
],
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],
"links": [
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"wild ginger",
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],
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"Curcuma",
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]
]
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],
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{
"ipa": "/təˈmu/",
"note": "Literary Standard, Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard"
},
{
"ipa": "[t̪əˈmu]",
"note": "Literary Standard, Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard"
},
{
"rhymes": "-u"
}
],
"word": "temu"
}
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