polah

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpolah/
  • Rhymes: -lah, -ah, -h
  • Hyphenation: po‧lah

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay polah, from Minangkabau [Term?].

Adjective

polah

  1. extravagant
    Synonym: mewah
Derived terms
  • berpolah-polah

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Javanese ꦥꦺꦴꦭꦃ (polah, action, motion; to move), from Old Javanese polah (conduct, behaviour, doings, undertaking) (cf. pa- + ulah, hence equivalent to peng- + olah/ulah). Doublet of pola.

Noun

polah (plural polah-polah, first-person possessive polahku, second-person possessive polahmu, third-person possessive polahnya)

  1. conduct, behaviour
    Synonyms: perbuatan, perilaku, tingkah laku
Derived terms
  • polah tingkah

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

polah

  1. Romanization of ꦥꦺꦴꦭꦃ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Affixed pa- + ulah. Doublet of pola.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /polah/

Noun

polah

  1. conduct, behaviour, doings, undertaking

Derived terms

  • apopolahan

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦥꦺꦴꦭꦃ (polah, action, motion; to move)
    • Indonesian: polah (conduct, behaviour)
  • Tenggarong Kutai Malay: polah (to make)

Tenggarong Kutai Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Javanese polah (doings, undertaking).

Verb

polah

  1. to make
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