tĕmu

Probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₁mu, *t₁muj, *t₁muəj (“guest, visitor”). Compare to Old Javanese tamu (“guest, visitor”).

tĕmu

1. meeting, encounter

• Javanese: ꦠꦼꦩꦸ (temu, “to meet”).
• → Balinese: ᬢᭂᬫᬸ (temu, “to meet”).

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tamu₂ (“turmeric”).

tĕmu

1. a kind of plant

• Javanese: ꦠꦼꦩꦸ (temu, “ginger root”).
  • → Indonesian: temu
• Balinese: ᬢᭂᬫᬸ (temu, “ginger root”).