lanum

lanum

See also: Lanum and lánům

Basay

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *daNum.

Noun

lanum

  1. water

References

  • P. J. Li, Origins of the East Formosans: Basay, Kavalan, Amis, and Siraya: "Bas. lanum"
  • Jose Eugenio Borao, The Spanish Experience in Taiwan 1626-1642 (2009, →ISBN: "(in amis language “water” is nanom)"; "[...] Li's lexicon, in which he identifies the Basay word for water as nanum.
  • Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary has nanom
  • Paul Jen-kuei Li (李壬癸) (1996), 宜蘭縣南島民族與語言 [The Formosan Tribes and Languages in Yilan] (in Chinese), Yilan: Yilan County Government, →ISBN, page 109

Malay

Noun

lanum (plural lanum-lanum or lanum2)

  1. rainbow

Synonyms

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