nanah
Balinese
Iban
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *nanah, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *nanah, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *nanah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay nanah, from Proto-Malayic *nanah, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *nanah, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *nanah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /na.nah/
- Rhymes: -nah
- Hyphenation: na‧nah
Noun
nanah (first-person possessive nanahku, second-person possessive nanahmu, third-person possessive nanahnya)
- pus (fluid found in regions of infection)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “nanah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese
Karo Batak
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.
Malay
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *nanah, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *nanah, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *nanah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nanah/
- Rhymes: -anah, -nah, -ah
Old Javanese
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.
Further reading
- "nanah" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.