Where does “kemalaman” come from?
kemalaman (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian malam, from Javanese ꦩꦭꦩ꧀, from Old Javanese malam, from Gujarati મલમ, from Classical Persian مرهم, from Arabic مَرْهَم.
kemalaman (Indonesian): to be late at the night, to be overtaken by night
Definitions
- to be late at the night, to be overtaken by night
Ancestry of “kemalaman”, step by step
kemalaman traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian malam
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | malam | night; wax, paraffin, particularly for making... |
| 2 | Javanese | ꦩꦭꦩ꧀ | wax |
| 3 | Old Javanese | malam | — |
| 4 | Gujarati | મલમ | — |
| 5 | Classical Persian | مرهم | — |
| 6 | Arabic | مَرْهَم | — |
via Indonesian ke- -an
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | ke- -an | ness; appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of (the adjective)", "the quality of (the adjective)", or "the measure of (the adjective)" |
| 2 | Malay | ke- -an | ness; appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of (the adjective)", "the quality of (the adjective)", or "the measure of (the adjective)" |
| 3 | Proto-Malayic | *kə- -an | — |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | *ka- -an | — |