diam

See also: diam.

Translingual

Symbol

diam

  1. (mathematics) diameter

English

Etymology 1

From diameter.

Noun

diam (plural diams)

  1. Clipping of diameter.

Etymology 2

From diamond.

Noun

diam (plural diams)

  1. Clipping of diamond.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Malay diam (“quiet”, adjective) or Hokkien 恬 (tiām, “silent”) or Teochew 恬 (diam7, “silent”).

Interjection

diam

  1. (informal, Singapore, chiefly Malaysia) Be quiet.
    • 2004 August 21, intruder, “God so loved the world”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet):
      Diam lah, you have no gal let alone have a son or daughter.
    • 2012 September 23, “Najib wants more time for another run.”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet):
      If the answer is affirmative, then he is qualified to talk to us. Otherwise, diam lah.
    • 2013 June 7, <par@tmnet.net.my>, “Mooted online media control 'not politically motivated'”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet):
      So diam lah, baruah bangsat!

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Anagrams

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay diam, from Proto-Malayic *hidəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hidəm. Cognate Old Javanese ḍyam (“silent”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /di.am/

Verb

diam

  1. to quiet: to become quiet
    1. with little or no sound
      Antonyms: bersuara, berbicara
    2. to be calm: with little or no motion;
      Antonym: bergerak
    3. to be calm: with little or no activity
      Antonyms: berbuat, berusaha

Conjugation
Conjugation of diam (meng-, ber-, transitive)
Root diam
Active Involuntary /
Perfective		 Passive Basic /
Imperative		 Jussive
Active mendiam
berdiam		 terdiam diam diamlah
Locative mendiami terdiami didami diami diamilah
Causative / Applicative1 mendiamkan terdiamkan didiamkan diamkan diamkanlah
Causative
Locative
Causative / Applicative1
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Notes:
Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Adjective

diam

  1. quiet; silent (with little or no sound)

Noun

diam (first-person possessive diamku, second-person possessive diammu, third-person possessive diamnya)

  1. quiet

Synonyms

Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • diam-diam [reduplication] (redup)
  • berdiam [stative / habitual] (beR-)
  • mendiamkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
  • terdiam [agentless action] (teR-)
  • pendiam [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
  • kependiaman [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + abstract / locative] (peN- + ke-an)

Verb

diam

  1. (obsolete) to stay
    Synonyms: duduk, tinggal

Conjugation
Conjugation of diam (meng-, ber-, transitive)
Root diam
Active Involuntary /
Perfective		 Passive Basic /
Imperative		 Jussive
Active mendiam
berdiam		 diam diamlah
Locative mendiami terdiami didami diami diamilah
Causative / Applicative1
Causative
Locative
Causative / Applicative1
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Notes:
Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • berdiam [stative / habitual] (beR-)
  • mendiami [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
  • kediaman [abstract / locative] (ke-an)

Further reading

Anagrams

Latin

Adjective

diam

  1. accusative feminine singular of dius

Malay

Alternative forms
  • diem (Javanese Malay)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /di.am/
  • Rhymes: -iam, -jam, -am

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayic *hidəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hidəm.

Adjective

diam (Jawi spelling ديام)

  1. quiet; silent (with little or no sound)
Synonyms
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • sediam [comparability] (se-)
  • diam-diam [reduplication] (redup)
  • berdiam [stative / habitual] (beR-)
  • berdiamkan [stative / habitual + causative benefactive] (beR- + -kan)
  • mendiami [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
  • mendiamkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
  • memerdiamkan [causative passive + agent focus + causative benefactive] (peR- + meN- + -kan)
  • terdiam [agentless action] (teR-)
  • pendiam [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

  • diam ubi lagi kental, diam besi lagi sentil
Descendants
  • Indonesian: diam
  • → English: diam

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

diam (Jawi spelling ديام)

  1. to stay
Synonyms
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • mendiami [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
  • mengediami [intensity + agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (ke- + meN- + -i)
  • kediaman [abstract / locative] (ke-an)

Further reading

Anagrams
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