Where does “menandakan” come from?
menandakan (Malay) comes from Malay tanda, from Javanese ꦠꦤ꧀ꦝ, from Old Javanese taṇḍa, from Tamil தண்டம், from Sanskrit दण्ड — stick, staff, rod, pole, cudgel, club; penis; a...
menandakan (Malay): to indicate; to signify; to denote; to mark to be a sign or symptom of something
Definitions
- to indicate; to signify; to denote; to mark to be a sign or symptom of something
Ancestry of “menandakan”, step by step
menandakan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Malay tanda
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | tanda | sign, mark, signal, spot, symbol; sign, mark |
| 2 | Javanese | ꦠꦤ꧀ꦝ | sign, mark |
| 3 | Old Javanese | taṇḍa | ensign, standard, banner |
| 4 | Tamil | தண்டம் | stick, cane, staff, rod, walking-stick |
| 5 | Sanskrit | दण्ड | stick, staff, rod, pole, cudgel, club; penis; a... |
via Malay meng- -kan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | meng- -kan | Forms an adjective that carries the meaning of causing something to be the base word |