menir
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [məˈnɪr]
- Hyphenation: mê‧nir
Etymology 1
From Javanese ꦩꦼꦤꦶꦂ (menir, “broken grain”).
Noun
mênir (plural menir-menir)
Etymology 2
From Dutch meneer (“sir, mister”), mijnheer, from Middle Dutch mijnhere. Compare English milord.
Alternative forms
Noun
mênir (plural menir-menir)
Further reading
- “menir”, 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
Javanese
Romanization
menir
- romanization of ꦩꦼꦤꦶꦂ
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French menhir, from Breton maen-hir.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /meˈniʁ/ [meˈnih]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /meˈniɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /meˈniʁ/ [meˈniχ]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /meˈniɻ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɨˈniɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /mɨˈni.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: me‧nir
Noun
menir m (plural menires)
Further reading
- “menir”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “menir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026