benih
Iban
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Malayic *bənih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *binəhiq, Proto-Austronesian *binəSiq (“seed set aside for the next planting”). Cognate with Javanese winih and Tagalog binhi.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]benih
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Malay benih, from Proto-Malayic *bənih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *binəhiq, Proto-Austronesian *binəSiq (“seed set aside for the next planting”). Cognate with Javanese winih and Tagalog binhi.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]benih (first-person possessive benihku, second-person possessive benihmu, third-person possessive benihnya)
- (botany) A fertilized and ripened ovule, containing an embryonic plant; seed.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Malay
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Malayic *bənih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *binəhiq, Proto-Austronesian *binəSiq (“seed set aside for the next planting”). Cognate with Javanese winih and Tagalog binhi.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]benih (Jawi spelling بنيه, plural benih-benih, informal 1st possessive benihku, 2nd possessive benihmu, 3rd possessive benihnya)
Derived terms
[edit]Regular affixed derivations:
- pembenihan (“seeding”) [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
- membenih [agent focus] (meN-)
- membenihkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
- berbenih [stative / habitual] (beR-)
Descendants
[edit]- Indonesian: benih
Further reading
[edit]- “benih” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
- Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *binəSiq
- Iban terms inherited from Proto-Malayic
- Iban terms derived from Proto-Malayic
- Iban terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Iban terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Iban terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Iban terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Iban terms with IPA pronunciation
- Iban lemmas
- Iban nouns
- iba:Botany
- Indonesian terms inherited from Malay
- Indonesian terms derived from Malay
- Indonesian terms inherited from Proto-Malayic
- Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Malayic
- Indonesian terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Indonesian terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Indonesian 2-syllable words
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Indonesian/ənɪh
- Rhymes:Indonesian/nɪh
- Rhymes:Indonesian/ɪh
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
- id:Botany
- Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayic
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayic
- Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Malay terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Malay 2-syllable words
- Malay terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Malay/ənih
- Rhymes:Malay/nih
- Rhymes:Malay/ih
- Rhymes:Malay/eh
- Rhymes:Malay/eh/2 syllables
- Malay lemmas
- Malay nouns
- ms:Botany