limau

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈlimau̯]
• Hyphenation: li‧mau

limau

1. citrus
2. citrus fruit

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

• IPA^(key): /limaw/
• Hyphenation: li‧mau

limau

1. orange (fruit)
2. citrus fruit

• (citrus fruit): limau bali (“pomelo”), limau kasturi (“calamondin”), limau nipis (“key lime”), limau purut (“kaffir lime”)

From Malay limau, from Proto-Malayic *limaw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *limaw.

• IPA^(key): [ˈlimau̯]

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• Hyphenation: li‧mau

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limau (first-person possessive limauku, second-person possessive limaumu, third-person possessive limaunya)

1. citrus

   Synonym: jeruk

2. citrus fruit

• “limau” 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.

From Proto-Malayic *limaw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *limaw; reconstructed by Robert Blust (compare Old Javanese limo (“a citrus fruit, the lime”); also compare Fijian moli (“an orange, general name for species of citrus fruits”), Tongan moli (“orange or other citrus fruit”) that are assumed to have undergone metathesis).^[1]

The claim that this form is derived from Portuguese limão is false based on the cognates found in Old Javanese and Oceanic languages.

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• Rhymes: -au̯

limau (Jawi spelling ليماو, plural limau-limau, informal 1st possessive limauku, 2nd possessive limaumu, 3rd possessive limaunya)

1. any member of the genus Citrus, especially its fruit

   Synonym: jeruk

2. lemon

   Synonym: lemon

• Indonesian: limau

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “ليمو limau”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 125
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “ليمو limau”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, pages 629-30
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “limau”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages 58-9
• “limau” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Borrowed from Portuguese limão.^[1]

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limau (ma class, plural malimau)

1. lemon (citrus fruit)

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