Meanings
plural Temiars · alternative obsolete Tembe · alternative obsolete Tembé · alternative obsolete Tĕm-be' · alternative obsolete Tĕmbe' · alternative obsolete Tembeh · alternative obsolete Tembeh · alternative obsolete Tĕmbi · alternative obsolete Tembir · alternative obsolete Tĕmbir · alternative obsolete Teme · alternative obsolete Tĕmeh · alternative obsolete Temeok · alternative obsolete Temer · alternative obsolete Temêr · alternative obsolete Tĕmîa
- An Aslian language (belonging to the wider Austroasiatic family) spoken by the Temiar people.
- An Orang Asli ethnolinguistic group that speaks this language or a member of it.
comparative more Temiar · superlative most Temiar · alternative obsolete Tembe · alternative obsolete Tembé · alternative obsolete Tĕm-be' · alternative obsolete Tĕmbe' · alternative obsolete Tembeh · alternative obsolete Tembeh · alternative obsolete Tĕmbi · alternative obsolete Tembir · alternative obsolete Tĕmbir · alternative obsolete Teme · alternative obsolete Tĕmeh · alternative obsolete Temeok · alternative obsolete Temer · alternative obsolete Temêr
- Of or pertaining to Temiar people or their language.
Origin
- borrowed from SemaiTemiir
- EnglishTemiar
Probably borrowed from Semai Temiir, Temèèr (“Temiar”), or a cognate such as Lanoh Təmyɛl (“Temiar”), itself probably from a Malayo-Polynesian term cognate to Javanese tambér, Madurese tambir and Sundanese tambir (all "to stick to the edge"); possibly compare Austroasiatic terms such as Bulo Stieng bər (“rim”), Laven bi̤ər (“rim”), Lawi tapiər (“rim”) (Proto-Bahnaric *ɓər), Nyah Kur [script needed] (bíər, “edge of soft-shelled turtle carapace”), and Khasi tmier (“edge”).
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Malay bahasa Temiar, orang Temiar
- bahasa Temiarlanguage
- orang Temiarethnic group
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Cite this entry
Temiar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Temiar
“Temiar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Temiar. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Temiar,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Temiar.
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