menir

Indonesian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [məˈnɪr]
Hyphenation: mê‧nir

Etymology 1

From Javanese ꦩꦼꦤꦶꦂ (menir, “broken grain”).

Noun

mênir (first-person possessive menirku, second-person possessive menirmu, third-person possessive menirnya)

dust from rice grain.
Synonym: melukut

Etymology 2

From Dutch meneer (“sir, mister”), mijnheer, from Middle Dutch mijnhere. Compare English milord.

Noun

mênir (first-person possessive menirku, second-person possessive menirmu, third-person possessive menirnya)

(colloquial) mister.
Synonym: tuan

Further reading

“menir” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

menir

Romanization of ꦩꦼꦤꦶꦂ

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French menhir, from Breton maen-hir.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈni(ʁ)/ [meˈni(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /meˈni(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /meˈni(ʁ)/ [meˈni(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈni(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈniɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈni.ɾi/

Hyphenation: me‧nir

Noun

menir m (plural menires)

(archaeology) menhir

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