tenggiri
Malay
Alternative forms
- tengiri
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋgiʀi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /təŋɡiri/
- Rhymes: -ɡiri, -iri, -ri
- (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): [təŋˈɡi.ri]
Noun
tenggiri (Jawi spelling تڠݢيري, plural tenggiri-tenggiri, informal 1st possessive tenggiriku, impolite 2nd possessive tenggirimu, 3rd possessive tenggirinya)
- Spanish mackerel, Scomberomorus spp.
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
- tenggiri batang
- tenggiri bunga
- tenggiri kikus
- tenggiri musang
- tenggiri papan
Descendants
- Indonesian: tenggiri
Further reading
- “tenggiri” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
- Wilkinson, Richard James. An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary. Macmillan. 1965.