garam
See also: garām
Acehnese
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay garam.
Noun
garam
- salt
References
- Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
Brunei Malay
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡaram/
- (Kedayan) IPA(key): /ɡaam/
- Hyphenation: ga‧ram
Noun
garam
- salt (sodium chloride)
Synonyms
- sira
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay garam, from Classical Malay garam (“table salt”), from Proto-Malayic *garəm (“grain”). The chemistry sense is a semantic loan from Dutch zout (“salt”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡa.ram]
- Hyphenation: ga‧ram
Noun
garam (first-person possessive garamku, second-person possessive garammu, third-person possessive garamnya)
- salt:
- a common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a condiment and preservative.
- (chemistry) one of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, where a positive ion replaces a hydrogen of the acid.
- (cooking) short for garam dapur (“table salt”).
- (colloquial) (salt-like) fertilizer.
- Synonym: pupuk
Derived terms
- bergaram
- menggaram
- menggarami
- menggaramkan
- pegaraman
- penggaraman
- garam abu
- garam alkali
- garam aluminium
- garam amonium
- garam asam
- garam bata
- garam batu
- garam berbumbu
- garam beryodium
- garam biji
- garam biner
- garam briket
- garam dapur
- garam dauran
- garam epsom
- garam ester
- garam glauber
- garam halus
- garam inggris
- garam kasar
- garam laut
- garam meja
- garam mesiu
- garam mineral
- garam natrium
- garam rangkap
- garam rehidrasi
Descendants
- → Indonesian Bajau: garam
Further reading
- “garam” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Indonesian Bajau
Etymology
Borrowed from Indonesian garam.
Noun
garam
- salt
References
- Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
Latvian
Noun
garam m
- dative singular form of gars
Adjective
garam
- dative singular masculine form of garš
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *garəm (“grain”). Cognate with Sasak garem (“grain”).[1]
Pronunciation
Audio (MY) (file)
Noun
garam (Jawi spelling ݢارم, plural garam-garam, informal 1st possessive garamku, 2nd possessive garammu, 3rd possessive garamnya)
- salt
Descendants
- Indonesian: garam
- → Indonesian Bajau: garam
References
- Adelaar, K. Alexander (1992). Proto-Malayic: The Reconstruction of its Phonology and Parts of its Morphology. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, p. 141.
Further reading
- “garam” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.