kemih

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay kemih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *miqmiq.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kəˈmɪh/
  • Hyphenation: kê‧mih

Noun

kemih (plural kemih-kemih)

  1. urine
    Synonyms: air seni, air kencing

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Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *miqmiq either directly or influenced by Proto-Aslian *kəməh, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *kməʔ variant of *kmuuʔ (compare with kumuh, Iban kamah).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kəmih/
  • (schwa-variety) IPA(key): [kəˈmɪh], [kəˈmeh], [kəˈme̞h]
  • Rhymes: -meh, -eh

Noun

kemih (Jawi spelling کميه, plural kemih-kemih or kemih2)

  1. urination
    Synonym: kencing

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Verb

kemih (Jawi spelling کميه)

  1. urinate
    Synonyms: kencing, buang air kecil

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Waruno Mahdi (October 2024), “Austroasiatic loanwords in Austronesian languages”, in Wacana[1], volume 25, number 3, →DOI, page 405

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