temu

• IPA^(key): /ˈtemu/

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• Rhymes: -emu
• Syllabification: te‧mu

temu

1. imperative of temi

• IPA^(key): /təmu/

temu

1. to know
2. to understand
3. to recognise
4. to meet

• betemu
• nemu
• penemu

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /təˈmu/ [t̪əˈmu]
• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: te‧mu

Inherited from Malay temu, from Classical Malay تمو (tĕmu), from Old Malay [script needed] (tmu).

• From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təmu (“to meet, receive; greet a guest”)
• From Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₁mu, *t₁muj, *t₁muəj (“guest, visitor”).

Possibly a doublet of tamu (“guest, visitor”).

têmu

1. to meet, to encounter

   Synonyms: jumpa, sua

Borrowed from Javanese ꦠꦼꦩꦸ (temu), from Old Javanese tĕmu, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *temu (“turmeric”). Compare to Tagalog támo.

têmu (plural temu-temu)

1. curcuma: a plant which the bulb used as (traditional) medical potion

   temu lawak (Curcuma xanthorthiza)

• “temu”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

temu

1. romanization of ꦠꦼꦩꦸ

• (Standard Literary, Standard Southern Peninsula) IPA^(key): /təˈmu/ [t̪əˈmu]
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: te‧mu

First attested in the Talang Tuo inscription, 684 AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (tmu).

• From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təmu (“to meet, receive; greet a guest”)
• From Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₁mu, *t₁muj, *t₁muəj (“guest, visitor”). Possibly a doublet of tamu (“guest, visitor”).

temu (Jawi spelling تمو)

1. to meet, to encounter

   Synonyms: jumpa, sua

• > Indonesian: têmu (inherited)

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tamu (“turmeric”).

temu (Jawi spelling تمو, plural temu-temu or temu²)

1. wild ginger; generic for Curcuma spp. and similar plants

• "temu" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Dative singular masculine of ten. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Can we explain how the dative meaning became 'ago'?”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.mu/

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• Rhymes: -ɛmu
• Syllabification: te‧mu

temu

1. ago (before)

   Synonym: wcześniej

   Jak dawno temu? ― How long ago?

   Dwie godziny temu. ― Two hours ago.

temu m pers

1. dative singular of ten

temu n

1. dative singular of to

• “temu”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “temu”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

• IPA^(key): [teˈmu]

temu

1. third-person singular simple perfect indicative of teme

temu (Cyrillic spelling тему)

1. accusative singular of tema