dalam

See also: dalām, daļām, and dałam

Eastern Cham

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *dalam, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daləm, from Proto-Austronesian *daləm.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /d̪a.lʌm/

Adjective

dalam

  1. deep

Preposition

dalam

  1. in, inside

References

Thurgood, Graham (1999) From Ancient Cham to Modern Dialects: Two Thousand Years of Language Contact and Change‎, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, page 287

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *daləm, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daləm, from Proto-Austronesian *daləm.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dalam/
  • Rhymes: -lam
  • Hyphenation: da‧lam

Adjective

dalam

  1. deep

Preposition

dalam

  1. inside, in, within (abstract)
    dalam jaku Inggeris
    in English
  2. indoor
  3. interior

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay dalam, from Proto-Malayic *daləm, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daləm, from Proto-Austronesian *daləm. Doublet of dalem.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdalam/
  • Rhymes: -lam, -am, -m

Adjective

dalam (comparative lebih dalam, superlative paling dalam, terdalam)

  1. deep
    Antonym: dangkal

Derived terms

Noun

dalam (first-person possessive dalamku, second-person possessive dalammu, third-person possessive dalamnya)

  1. inside, indoors
  2. interior

Preposition

dalam

  1. inside, in, within

Derived terms
  • dalam jaringan
  • dalam jejaring
  • dalam pada itu
  • dalam peninggal
  • di dalam

Further reading

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *daləm, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daləm, from Proto-Austronesian *daləm.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (Standard) /dalam/, (Kelantanese) [dalẽ]
  • Rhymes: -lam, -am
  • Audio (MY)(file)

Adjective

dalam (comparative lebih dalam, superlative paling dalam, terdalam)

  1. deep

Antonyms

Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • pendalaman (“process of deepening”) [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
  • pedalaman (“inland”) [passive / name of profession + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (pe- + -an)
  • dalaman (“internal”) [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
  • kedalaman (“depth”) [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
  • sedalam [comparability] (se-)
  • dalamkan [causative benefactive] (-kan)
  • dalami [causative (locative) benefactive] (-i)
  • mendalamkan (“to deepen”) [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
  • mendalami [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
  • didalamkan (“to be deepened”) [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
  • didalami [patient focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (di- + -i)
  • memperdalam (“to deepen”) [causative agent focus] (mempeR-)
  • diperdalam (“to be deepened”) [causative passive focus] (dipeR-)
  • dalam-dalam [reduplication] (redup)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

Preposition

dalam (Jawi spelling دالم‎)

  1. inside, in, within (abstract)
    dalam bahasa Inggris
    in English
  2. indoor
  3. interior

Antonyms

Derived terms
  • di dalam (“in (concrete)”)
  • ke dalam (“(to) inside (of), into”)

Descendants
  • Indonesian: dalam

Maltese
Root
d-l-m
6 terms

Etymology

From Arabic ظَلَمَ‎ (ẓalama).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈda.lam/

Verb

dalam (imperfect jidlam)

  1. (of the night, sky, etc.) to get dark
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