ketam
See also: ķetam and kètam
Iban
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kətam/
- Rhymes: -am
Noun
ketam
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay ketam, from Austroasiatic Proto-Mon-Khmer *kt₁aam (“crab”) (whence Khmer ក្ដាម (kdaam), Vietnamese đam, Mon ဂတာံ (hətam)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kəˈtam]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: kê‧tam
Noun
kêtam (plural ketam-ketam)
Derived terms
- berketam
- mengetam
- pengetam
- pengetaman
- ketam batu
- ketam betina
- ketam boseng
- ketam bulat
- ketam galah
- ketam jantan
- ketam kumai
- ketam lidah
- ketam panjang
- ketam pasir
- ketam perapat
- ketam sempada
- ketam sentada
Adjective
kêtam (comparative lebih ketam, superlative paling ketam)
Derived terms
- mengetam
- mengetamkan
- pengetam
- ketam mulut
Verb
kêtam
Derived terms
- mengetam
Further reading
- “ketam”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Malay
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kəˈtam/ [kəˈt̪am]
- Rhymes: -am
- Hyphenation: ke‧tam
Etymology 1
From Austroasiatic. Compare Proto-Austroasiatic *kta:m (“crab”) (whence Khmer ក្ដាម (kdaam), Vietnamese đam, Mon ဂတာံ (hətam)).
Noun
ketam (Jawi spelling کتم, plural ketam-ketam or ketam2)
Hyponyms
Type of crabs
- ketam angin (“ghost crab”)
- ketam batu
- ketam bunga
- ketam hantu (“vampire crab”)
- ketam kenari (“coconut crab”)
- ketam nipah (“mud crab”)
- ketam ragi (“moon crab”)
- ketam rebab (“fiddler crab”)
- ketam renjong (“swimming crab”)
Etymology 2
Noun
ketam (Jawi spelling کتم, plural ketam-ketam or ketam2)
- carpenter's plane
Descendants
- > Indonesian: ketam (inherited)
- → Tagalog: katam
- → Central Bikol: katam
- → Ilocano: katam
- → Tausug: katam
Further reading
- "ketam" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017