alah
Iban[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Malayic *alah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *alaq. Compare Malay alah, kalah.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
alah
Derived terms[edit]
Indonesian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Inherited from Malay alah, from Proto-Malayic *alah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *alaq. Doublet of kalah.
Adjective[edit]
alah
Verb[edit]
alah
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb[edit]
alah (active mengalah, passive dikalah, perfective passive terkalah)
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Interjection[edit]
alah
- huh (an interjection to express unconcerned chalence)
Further reading[edit]
- “alah” 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.
Karelian[edit]
North Karelian (Viena) |
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South Karelian (Tver) |
alah |
Etymology[edit]
Illative of ala-, from Proto-Finnic *ala. Akin to dialectal Finnish alaan and Ingrian allaa.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
alah
References[edit]
- A. V. Punzhina (1994) “alah”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
Malay[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walaq. Compare Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiR and Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wakaR.
Noun[edit]
alah (plural alah-alahan, informal 1st possessive alahku, 2nd possessive alahmu, 3rd possessive alahnya)
Verb[edit]
alah
- (intransitive) to be worsted
- (intransitive) to lose (in a game)
Derived terms[edit]
Regular affixed derivations:
- beralah [stative / habitual] (beR-)
- beralahan [stative / habitual + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (beR- + -an)
- mengalah [agent focus] (meN-)
- mengalahi [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
- mengalahkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
- teralahkan [agentless action + causative benefactive] (teR- + -kan)
- alahan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
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Noun[edit]
alah (plural alahké)
- sibling (brother or sister) (of the opposite sex)
- first cousin, father's brother's daughter (male speaker)
- first cousin, mother's sister's daughter (male speaker)
Inflection[edit]
See also[edit]
- Iban terms inherited from Proto-Malayic
- Iban terms derived from Proto-Malayic
- Iban terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Iban terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Iban terms with IPA pronunciation
- Iban lemmas
- Iban adjectives
- Indonesian 2-syllable words
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Indonesian/lah
- Rhymes:Indonesian/lah/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Indonesian/ah
- Rhymes:Indonesian/ah/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Indonesian/h
- Rhymes:Indonesian/h/2 syllables
- Indonesian terms inherited from Malay
- Indonesian terms derived from Malay
- Indonesian terms inherited from Proto-Malayic
- Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Malayic
- Indonesian terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Indonesian doublets
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian adjectives
- Indonesian terms with uncommon senses
- Indonesian verbs
- Indonesian intransitive verbs
- Indonesian terms with obsolete senses
- Indonesian interjections
- Karelian terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Karelian terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Karelian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Karelian lemmas
- Karelian adverbs
- South Karelian
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Malay lemmas
- Malay nouns
- Malay verbs
- Malay verbs without transitivity
- Malay intransitive verbs
- Navajo lemmas
- Navajo nouns
- Navajo terms with audio links
- nv:Family