polah
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpolah/
- Rhymes: -lah, -ah, -h
- Hyphenation: po‧lah
Etymology 1
Inherited from Malay polah, from Minangkabau [Term?].
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)
Derived terms
- polah tingkah
Further reading
- “polah” 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.
Javanese
Tenggarong Kutai Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Javanese polah (“doings, undertaking”).
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