merantin.

Brit.

/məˈranti/, U.S.

/məˈræn(t)i/,

/məˈrɑn(t)i/

Forms: 1700s maranti, 1800s– meranti.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Minangkabau. Partly a borrowing from Malay. Etymons: Minangkabau maranti; Malay meranti.

Etymology: < Minangkabau maranti and its cognate Malay meranti, denoting any tree of the genus Shorea.

The hardwood timber of any of various trees of the genus Shorea (family Dipterocarpaceae), native to Malaysia, Indonesia, and Brunei; any of these trees. Cf. seraya n.The timber is frequently distinguished according to its colour as light red, dark red, white, yellow meranti, etc.

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1783 W. Marsden Hist. Sumatra 130 Maranti maracooly and murbow, are in much estimation for building.

1839 T. J. Newbold Polit. & Statist. Acct. Straits of Malacca I. vii. 442 The trees chiefly in use for purposes of house and ship are the Chingei,..the red and white Meranti for planks, etc.

1900 W. W. Skeat Malay Magic 109 The mĕranti is a fine hard-wood forest tree.

1935 I. H. Burkill Dict. Econ. Products Malay Peninsula II. 2002 Red Mĕranti is the commonest Malayan timber.

1955 Nomencl. Commercial Timbers (B.S.I.) 74 For the light to medium-weight timbers it should be noted that meranti is the group name for species of Shorea in Malaya, Sarawak, Brunei and Indonesia.

1956 Archit. Rev. 120 117 All windows and doors are framed in red meranti hardwood.

1956 Handbk. Hardwoods (Forest Products Res. Lab.) 150 In Malaya this timber is commonly classified for export mainly on the basis of colour and weight as light red meranti (the most important), dark red meranti, yellow meranti and white meranti.

1966 D. Forbes Heart of Malaya x. 113 Their box-like wooden houses..are dull and plain in contrast with the charming thatched cottages of red meranti wood, in which the Malays live.

1991 Build It! Feb. 73/1 They're a well-established German manufacturer, and use selected dark-red meranti timber in their products.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	meranti
释义	merantin. Brit. /məˈranti/, U.S. /məˈræn(t)i/, /məˈrɑn(t)i/ Forms: 1700s maranti, 1800s– meranti. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Minangkabau. Partly a borrowing from Malay. Etymons: Minangkabau maranti; Malay meranti. Etymology: < Minangkabau maranti and its cognate Malay meranti, denoting any tree of the genus Shorea. The hardwood timber of any of various trees of the genus Shorea (family Dipterocarpaceae), native to Malaysia, Indonesia, and Brunei; any of these trees. Cf. seraya n.The timber is frequently distinguished according to its colour as light red, dark red, white, yellow meranti, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > Asian mahua1610 jambee1704 hinoki1727 sugi1727 meranti1783 merbau1783 sal1789 sundri1799 calamander1804 sissoo1810 toon1810 looking-glass tree1822 East India mahogany1829 pyinkado1832 dhamnoo1834 haldu1836 jelutong1836 zelkova1836 cryptomeria1838 kempas1839 shisham1849 jarul1850 Japan cedar1852 mast tree1862 keyaki1863 petwood1866 alstonia1867 Malacca cane1874 Japanese cedar1880 mowra1883 seraya1893 o-matsu1916 dhaman1923 sepetir1927 kapur1935 mengkulang1940 ramin1953 1783 W. Marsden Hist. Sumatra 130 Maranti maracooly and murbow, are in much estimation for building. 1839 T. J. Newbold Polit. & Statist. Acct. Straits of Malacca I. vii. 442 The trees chiefly in use for purposes of house and ship are the Chingei,..the red and white Meranti for planks, etc. 1900 W. W. Skeat Malay Magic 109 The mĕranti is a fine hard-wood forest tree. 1935 I. H. Burkill Dict. Econ. Products Malay Peninsula II. 2002 Red Mĕranti is the commonest Malayan timber. 1955 Nomencl. Commercial Timbers (B.S.I.) 74 For the light to medium-weight timbers it should be noted that meranti is the group name for species of Shorea in Malaya, Sarawak, Brunei and Indonesia. 1956 Archit. Rev. 120 117 All windows and doors are framed in red meranti hardwood. 1956 Handbk. Hardwoods (Forest Products Res. Lab.) 150 In Malaya this timber is commonly classified for export mainly on the basis of colour and weight as light red meranti (the most important), dark red meranti, yellow meranti and white meranti. 1966 D. Forbes Heart of Malaya x. 113 Their box-like wooden houses..are dull and plain in contrast with the charming thatched cottages of red meranti wood, in which the Malays live. 1991 Build It! Feb. 73/1 They're a well-established German manufacturer, and use selected dark-red meranti timber in their products. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1783
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