lidah

Acehnese

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *dilah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq (“tongue”), from Proto-Austronesian *dilaq (“to lick”). Compare Tsat la⁵⁵, Javanese dilah and Tagalog dila.

Likely influenced by Malayic languages, such as Malay (through dialects from neighbouring areas or modern Indonesian), which display a metathesis between the initial d and the l of the following syllable (compare Malay lidah and Indonesian lidah).

Noun

lidah

1. (anatomy) tongue (organ)

Synonyms

• dilah

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *dilah by metathesis, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq (“tongue”), from Proto-Austronesian *dilaq (“to lick”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.dah/

Noun

lidah

1. (anatomy) tongue

Derived terms

• lidah buaya

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay lidah, from Proto-Malayic *dilah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq (“tongue”), from Proto-Austronesian *dilaq (“to lick”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.däh/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -dah, -ah, -h
• Hyphenation: li‧dah

Noun

lidah (first-person possessive lidahku, second-person possessive lidahmu, third-person possessive lidahnya)

1. tongue
   1. (anatomy) The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech.
   2. Manner of speaking. The power of articulate utterance; speech generally.

      Synonyms: perkataan, tutur kata

2. (zoology) speckled tonguesole (Cynoglossus puncticeps).

Derived terms

• berlidah
• melidah
• melidahkan

 

• lidah air
• lidah anjing
• lidah api
• lidah ayam
• lidah badak
• lidah bajak
• lidah bajang
• lidah bercabang
• lidah biawak
• lidah buaya
• lidah dacin
• lidah daun
• lidah dingin
• lidah gajah
• lidah jin
• lidah kaku
• lidah keling
• lidah keras
• lidah kerbau
• lidah kering
• lidah kucing
• lidah lembu
• lidah lembut
• lidah mara
• lidah mertua
• lidah ombak
• lidah panas
• lidah papan
• lidah patah
• lidah rakyat
• lidah sepatu
• lidah serunai
• lidah tedung
• lidah tergalang
• lidah terganjal
• lidah terkalang

 

Further reading

• “lidah” 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

Romanization

lidah

1. Romanization of ꦭꦶꦝꦃ

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *dilah by metathesis, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq (“tongue”), from Proto-Austronesian *dilaq (“to lick”). Doublet of jilat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lidah/
• Rhymes: -dah, -ah

• Audio (Malaysia):

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Noun

lidah (Jawi spelling ليده, plural lidah-lidah, informal 1st possessive lidahku, 2nd possessive lidahmu, 3rd possessive lidahnya)

1. (anatomy) tongue (organ)

Further reading

• “lidah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*dilaq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Minangkabau

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *dilah by metathesis, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq (“tongue”), from Proto-Austronesian *dilaq (“to lick”).

Noun

lidah

1. tongue