Temiar

== English == === Alternative forms === Tembe, Tembé, Tĕm-be', Tĕmbe', Tembeh, Tembeh, Tĕmbi, Tembir, Tĕmbir, Teme, Tĕmeh, Temeok, Temer, Temêr, Tĕmîa, Tĕmiar, Tĕmiå, Tĕmiau, Tĕmiok, Timeor, Tm-ee, Tumeor, Tumior, Tûmîor, Tumiou, Tûmiyôr, Tummeor, Tummior (all obsolete) === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /təˈmɪə/, /təˈmɛː/, (from the spelling) /ˈtɛmiˌɑː/, /ˈteɪmiˌɑː/, /təˈmaɪə/ (General American) IPA(key): /təˈmɪɹ/, /təˈmɛɹ/, (from the spelling) /ˈtɛmiˌɑɹ/, /ˈteɪmiˌɑɹ/, /təˈmaɪɚ/ === Noun === Temiar (plural Temiars or Temiar) 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. ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === Temiar (comparative more Temiar, superlative most Temiar) Of or pertaining to Temiar people or their language. === References === “The peculiar history of the ethnonym "Temiar"”, in Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia, volume 27, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, September 2012, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 205–233.