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名詞

diam (plural diams)

1. Clipping of diameter.

関連する語

• diam.

語源 2

From diamond.

名詞

diam (plural diams)

1. Clipping of diamond.

語源 3

Unadapted borrowing from Malay diam. For some Chinese speakers, this word is reanalysed as a loan from Hokkien 恬 (tiām, “silent”) or Teochew 恬 (diam, “silent”).

発音

• IPA: /ˈdi.am/, (some speakers) [tjɑm˦˨]

間投詞

diam

1. (informal, Singapore, chiefly Malaysia) Be quiet.
   • 2004 August 21, intruder, “God so loved the world”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet):

     Diam lah, you have no gal let alone have a son or daughter.

   • 2012 September 23, “Najib wants more time for another run.”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet):

     If the answer is affirmative, then he is qualified to talk to us. Otherwise, diam lah.

   • 2013 June 7, <par@tmnet.net.my>, “Mooted online media control 'not politically motivated'”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet):

     So diam lah, baruah bangsat!

Collocations

(be quiet):

• Diam lah! (Used to tell someone to shut up)

Further reading

• Singlish vocabulary on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

アナグラム

• Dima, Madi, aim'd, amid, maid

形容詞

dīam

1. accusative feminine singular of dīus