pemali

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *pali (“taboo”) through the addition of the fossilized infix -um-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *palihi, from Proto-Austronesian *paliSi (“taboo, ritual restriction; purifying rite”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pəmali/
Rhymes: -əmali, -mali, -ali, -li, -i

Noun

pemali (Jawi spelling ڤمالي)

taboo
Synonyms: larangan, pantang larang

Salah satu pemali masyarakat Melayu ialah kita tidak boleh menerima barang dengan tangan kiri.
One taboo in Malay society is that you can't receive things with your left hand.

Descendants

Indonesian: pemali
→ Bima: pamali

Further reading

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

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