tanim

Borrowed from English denim.

• (phonetics) IPA^(key): [tˠɑnʲimʲ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /tˠænʲimʲ/
• Bender phonemes: {tanim}

tanim

1. denim
2. denim trousers; jeans

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.ɲim/
• Rhymes: -aɲim
• Syllabification: ta‧nim

tanim

1. inflection of tani:
   1. masculine/neuter instrumental/locative singular
   2. dative plural

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəm (“to plant”), from Proto-Austronesian *CaNəm (“to plant, to bury”). Compare Aklanon tanom, Central Bikol tanom, Cebuano tanom, Chamorro tånom, Hawaiian kanu (“to bury; to plant”), Kapampangan tanam, Malay tanam, Samoan tanu (“to bury”), and Tausug tanum.
Compare Japanese 種(た​ね) (ta​ne, “seed”).^[1]

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /taˈnim/ [t̪ɐˈn̪ɪm]
• Rhymes: -im
• Syllabification: ta‧nim

taním (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜈᜒᜋ᜔)

1. (botany) plant

   Synonym: halaman

2. act of planting

   Synonyms: pagtatanim, pagkakatanim

3. (figurative) act of harboring a grudge or ill feeling

   Synonym: pagtatanim

taním (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜈᜒᜋ᜔)

1. planted by someone (of a plant, as opposed to a plant that sprouted on its own)

   Synonym: itinanim

From English turn +‎ -im.

tanim trans.

1. to turn
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:24:

     God i rausim pinis man na meri, na em i makim ol strongpela ensel bilong sanap na was i stap long hap sankamap bilong gaden Iden. Na tu em i putim wanpela bainat i gat paia i lait long en na i save tanim tanim long olgeta hap. Oltaim ol dispela ensel wantaim dispela bainat i save was i stap, nogut wanpela man i go klostu long dispela diwai bilong givim laip.

     →New International Version translation

2. (intransitive) to become