támu m
Borrowed fromOld Javanesetamu(“guest”), fromProto-Mon-Khmer*t₁mu,*t₁muj,*t₁muəj(“guest, visitor”).
tamu (Balinese scriptᬢᬫᬸ)
From (Western)Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*temu(“turmeric”)
tamu (Balinese scriptᬢᬫᬸ)
FromMalaytamu(“guest, visitor”), fromProto-Mon-Khmer*t₁mu,*t₁muj,*t₁muəj(“guest, visitor”).Doublet oftemu(“to meet”). Compare toOld Javanesetamu(“guest, visitor”).
tamu (pluraltamu-tamu)
tamu
Possibly fromta +*-mu (cf.kamu/kayu), with omission of the initialka-. CompareTagalogtayo (ta +-yo),Ilocanodatayo (data +-yo),Pangasinansikatayo (sikata +yo), andTausugtaniyu (ta +niyu).
tamu
| absolute | ergative | oblique | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| disjunctive | enclitic | ||||
| first person | singular | aku/i aku/yaku | ku | kanaku | |
| plural inclusive | ikatamu | katamu/tamu | tamu/ta | kekatamu | |
| plural exclusive | ikami,ike | kami/ke | mi | kekami/keke | |
| second person | singular | ika | ka | mu | keka |
| plural | ikayu/iko | kayu/ko | yu | kekayu/keko | |
| third person | singular | iya/ya | ya | na | keya/kaya |
| plural | ila | la | da/ra | karela | |
FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*tamu(“turmeric:Curcuma zedoaria”). CompareTagalogtamo andBalinesetamu.
tamu
FromProto-Cariban*tamu; compareApalaítamu,Triótamu,Wayanatamu,Waiwaitaam,Pemontamo,Ye'kwanatamu,Yao (South America)Tamoucum.
tamu (possessedtamuru,pluraltamukon,tankon)
Probably fromProto-Mon-Khmer*t₁mu,*t₁muj,*t₁muəj(“guest, visitor”).Doublet oftĕmu(“to meet”).
tamu
tamu (Cyrillic spellingтаму)
Found only in the Sabaki languages, likely a very early borrowing fromArabicطَعْم(ṭaʕm,“taste”).
-tamu (declinable)
| Noun class | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| m-wa class(I/II) | mtamu | watamu |
| m-mi class(III/IV) | mtamu | mitamu |
| ji-ma class(V/VI) | tamu | matamu |
| ki-vi class(VII/VIII) | kitamu | vitamu |
| n class(IX/X) | tamu | tamu |
| u class(XI) | mtamu | seen(X) orma(VI) class |
| pa class(XVI) | patamu | |
| ku class(XVII) | kutamu | |
| mu class(XVIII) | mutamu |
tamu (Sulat Sūg spellingتَمُ)
FromOttoman Turkishطامو(tamu), fromOld Anatolian Turkishطامو(tamu), fromProto-Common Turkic*tamu(“hell”), ultimately fromSogdian.
Cognate withTatarтәмуг(tämuğ,“hell”),Uzbektamugʻ(“hell”),Uyghurتامۇق(tamuq,“hell”),Bashkirтамуҡ(tamuq,“hell”).
tamu (definite accusativetamuyu,pluraltamular)
| ALIV | tamu |
|---|---|
| Brazilian standard | tamu |
| New Tribes | tamu |
FromProto-Cariban*tamu(“grandfather”).
tamu (obligatorily possessed; possessedtamudu)
This noun has asuppletive first-person possessed form,kooko.
tamu