harimau

== Indonesian == === Etymology === Inherited from Malay harimau, from Proto-Malayic *hari-mauŋ, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qari-mauŋ. Doublet of maung. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /haˈrimau̯/ [haˈri.mau̯] Rhymes: -imau̯ Syllabification: ha‧ri‧mau === Noun === harimau (plural harimau-harimau) tiger (Panthera tigris) (figurative, slang) cougar (older woman with a younger boyfriend) ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “harimau”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Malay == === Alternative forms === rimau (apheresis) === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Malayic *hari-mauŋ, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qari-mauŋ. Doublet of maung. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /haˈrimaw/ [haˈri.mau̯] Rhymes: -rimau̯, -imau̯, -mau̯, -au̯ Hyphenation: ha‧ri‧mau === Noun === harimau (Jawi spelling هاريماو, plural harimau-harimau or harimau2) panther (big cat of genus Panthera) Synonym: macan tiger (The mammal Panthera tigris) Synonyms: harimau belang, harimau dandi, harimau loreng, harimau terung kasau, macan loreng, pak belang ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== > Indonesian: harimau (inherited) → Cebuano: halimaw (“wild beast, monster”) → Maranao: harimaw → Maguindanao: arimaw → Tagalog: halimaw (“wild beast, monster”) → Tausug: halimaw === References === Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “هريمو harimau”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 144 Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “هريمو harimau”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, pages 685-6 Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “harimau”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 398 === Further reading === harimau on the Malay Wikipedia.Wikipedia ms "harimau" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017