samak

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsamak/ [ˈsa.mak̚]
• Rhymes: -amak
• Syllabification: sa‧mak

Inherited from Malay samak, from Proto-Malayic *samak, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *samak (“Macaranga tanarius”).

samak (uncountable)

1. tanning
2. tannin

Inherited from Malay samak.

samak (uncountable)

1. cover, protection
2. powdered glass (for coating kite strings)

Borrowed from Javanese samak or Sundanese samak.

samak (plural samak-samak)

1. a mat made from pandanus leaves

• “samak” 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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsamak/ [ˈsa.maʔ]
• Rhymes: -maʔ, -aʔ

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *samak, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *samak (“Macaranga tanarius”). Tanning sense comes from the tannins produced in its bark for such activities.

samak (Jawi spelling سامق, plural samak-samak)

1. Several trees presently or formerly known under the genus Eugenia or not with similar tannin properties.
2. tanning

• Indonesian: samak

samak (Jawi spelling سامق)

1. to tan leather

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samak (Jawi spelling سامق)

1. (kite-fighting) to steep (a kite string) in a sticky preparation of powdered glass to make it capable of cutting the strings of other kite

• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “samak”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 374

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

Compound of sa (“animal”) +‎ mak (“strange”)

samak

1. rhinoceros