# temu
## Esperanto
### Verb

temu
* imperative of temi

## Iban
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /təmu/

### Verb

temu
* to know
* to understand
* to recognise
* to meet

#### Derived terms

* betemu
* nemu
* penemu

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /təˈmu/
* Hyphenation: tê‧mu

### Etymology 1

From Malay temu, from Classical Malay تمو (tĕmu), from Old Malay [script needed] (tmu), from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təmu (“to meet, receive; greet a guest”), or alternatively from Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₁mu, *t₁muj, *t₁muəj (“guest, visitor”). Possible doublet of tamu (“guest, visitor”).

#### Verb

têmu
* to meet, to encounter

##### Synonyms

* jumpa
* sua

##### Derived terms

* bertemu
* mempertemukan
* menemu
* menemui
* menemukan
* penemu
* penemuan
* pertemuan
* temuan
* tertemu
* tertemukan
* temu gelang
* temu kader
* temu kangen
* temu karya
* temu lutut
* temu muka
* temu niaga
* temu ramah
* temu usaha
* temu wicara

##### Related terms

* tamu

### Etymology 2

From Javanese ꦠꦼꦩꦸ (temu), from Old Javanese tĕmu, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *temu (“turmeric”). Compare to Tagalog támo.

#### Noun

têmu (plural temu-temu)
* curcuma: a plant which the bulb used as (traditional) medical potion.
    temu lawak (Curcuma xanthorthiza)

##### Derived terms

* temu giring
* temu hitam
* temu ireng
* temu kunci
* temu kuning
* temu lawak
* temu lawas
* temu lilin
* temu mangga
* temu putih
* temu putri
* temu rapet

### Further reading

* “temu” 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

temu
* Romanization of ꦠꦼꦩꦸ

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /təˈmu/
* Rhymes: -u

### Etymology 1

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təmu (“to meet, receive; greet a guest”), or alternatively from Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₁mu, *t₁muj, *t₁muəj (“guest, visitor”). Possible doublet of tamu (“guest, visitor”).
First attested in the Talang Tuo inscription, 684 AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (tmu).

#### Verb

temu (Jawi spelling تمو)
* to meet, to encounter
    Synonyms: jumpa, sua

##### Derived terms

Regular affixed derivations:
* penemu [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
* penemuan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
* temuan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
* pemertemu [causative passive + agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peR- + peN-)
* menemu [agent focus] (meN-)
* menemukan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
* menemui [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
* ditemu [patient focus] (di-)
* ditemukan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
* ditemui [patient focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (di- + -i)
* tertemu [agentless action] (teR-)
* tertemukan [agentless action + causative benefactive] (teR- + -kan)
* bertemu [stative / habitual] (beR-)
* mempertemukan [causative agent focus + causative benefactive] (mempeR- + -kan)
* dipertemukan [causative passive focus + causative benefactive] (dipeR- + -kan)
Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
* temu duga
* temu janji
* temu muka
* temu niaga
* temu ramah
* temu usaha
* temu bicara

##### Related terms

* tamu

##### Descendants

* Indonesian: têmu

### Etymology 2

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tamu (“turmeric”).

#### Noun

temu (Jawi spelling تمو, plural temu-temu, informal 1st possessive temuku, 2nd possessive temumu, 3rd possessive temunya)
* wild ginger; generic for Curcuma spp. and similar plants

##### Derived terms

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
* temu giring
* temu hitam
* temu kecil
* temu kunci
* temu kuning
* temu kunyit
* temu lawak
* temu lawas
* temu mangga
* temu putih
* temu puteri
* temu raya

### Further reading

* “temu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Polish
### Etymology

Dative singular masculine of ten.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɛ.mu/
* Audio 1:(file)
* Audio 2:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛmu
* Syllabification: te‧mu

### Postposition

temu
* ago (before)
    Synonym: wcześniej
    Jak dawno temu? ― How long ago?
    Dwie godziny temu. ― Two hours ago.

### Pronoun

temu m pers
* dative singular of ten

### Pronoun

temu n
* dative singular of to

### Further reading

* temu in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* temu in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [teˈmu]

### Verb

temu
* third-person singular simple perfect indicative of teme

## Serbo-Croatian
### Noun

temu (Cyrillic spelling тему)
* accusative singular of tema