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Iban
Etymology From Proto-Malayic *alah Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *alaq Malay alah kalah
Pronunciation
Adjective alah
defeated
Derived terms
Indonesian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1 Inherited from Malay alah Proto-Malayic *alah Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *alaq Doublet of kalah
Adjective alah
( uncommon ) defeated
Synonym: kalah
Verb alah
( intransitive , obsolete ) die ( to stop living ; to become dead ; to undergo death )
Synonym: tewas
Derived terms
Etymology 2 (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium .)
Verb alah (active mengalah passive dikalah perfective passive terkalah
( uncommon ) dam ( to block the flow of water )
Synonym: bendung
Derived terms
Etymology 3 (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium .)
Interjection alah
huh ( an interjection to express unconcerned chalence )
Further reading
Karelian
Regional variants of alah
North KarelianViena )
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South KarelianTver )
alah
Etymology Illative of ala- , from Proto-Finnic *ala Finnish alaan Ingrian allaa
Pronunciation IPA (key ) : /ˈɑlɑh/ Hyphenation: a‧lah
Adverb alah
( South Karelian ) down , downward
References A. V. Punzhina (1994 ) “alah ”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects) →ISBN
Malay
Etymology From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walaq Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiR Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wakaR
Noun alah (plural alah-alahan informal 1st possessive alahku , 2nd possessive alahmu , 3rd possessive alahnya )
allergic
Synonym: alahan lose , defeated
Synonyms: tewas tumpas
Verb alah
( intransitive ) worsted ( intransitive ) lose (in a game)
Synonyms: kalah tewas Antonym: menang
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
Navajo
Noun alah (plural alahké
sibling (brother or sister ) (of the opposite sex)
shilah — my sibling (of the opposite sex) first cousin , father's brother's daughter ( male speaker )
first cousin , mother's sister's daughter ( male speaker )
Inflection
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