benih

From Proto-Malayic *bənih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *binəhiq, Proto-Austronesian *binəSiq (“seed set aside for the next planting”). Cognate with Javanese winih and Tagalog binhi.

• IPA^(key): /bənɪh/

benih

1. (botany) seed

From Malay benih, from Proto-Malayic *bənih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *binəhiq, Proto-Austronesian *binəSiq (“seed set aside for the next planting”). Cognate with Javanese winih and Tagalog binhi.

• IPA^(key): /bənɪh/
• Rhymes: -ənɪh, -nɪh, -ɪh

benih (first-person possessive benihku, second-person possessive benihmu, third-person possessive benihnya)

1. (botany) A fertilized and ripened ovule, containing an embryonic plant; seed.

• membenih
• berbenih
• pembenihan

• biji
• bibit

From Proto-Malayic *bənih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *binəhiq, Proto-Austronesian *binəSiq (“seed set aside for the next planting”). Cognate with Javanese winih and Tagalog binhi.

• IPA^(key): /bənih/
• Rhymes: -ənih, -nih, -ih
• Rhymes: -eh

benih (Jawi spelling بنيه, plural benih-benih, informal 1st possessive benihku, 2nd possessive benihmu, 3rd possessive benihnya)

1. (botany) seed
2. progeny, offspring
3. source

• Indonesian: benih

• “benih” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *binəSiq