dilah

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *dilah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq (“tongue”), from Proto-Austronesian *dilaq (“to lick”).

dilah

1. tongue

Inherited from Malay dilah, from Javanese ꦢꦶꦭꦃ (dilah), from Old Javanese dilah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq (“tongue”) (compare to Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilat, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilap (“to lick”)), from Proto-Austronesian *dilaq (“to lick”). Doublet of jilat and lidah.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdilah/
• Rhymes: -lah, -ah, -h
• Hyphenation: di‧lah

dilah (plural dilah-dilah)

1. (archaic) lamp; lantern

   Synonyms: dian, pelita

• “dilah” 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.

dilah

1. Romanization of ꦢꦶꦭꦃ

Borrowed from Javanese ꦢꦶꦭꦃ (dilah), from Old Javanese dilah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq (“tongue”) (compare to Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilat, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilap (“to lick”)), from Proto-Austronesian *dilaq (“to lick”). Doublet of jilat and lidah.

dilah (Jawi spelling ديله, plural dilah-dilah, informal 1st possessive dilahku, 2nd possessive dilahmu, 3rd possessive dilahnya)

1. (archaic) lamp; lantern

• Indonesian: dilah

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

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq (“tongue”) (compare to Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilat, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilap (“to lick”)), from Proto-Austronesian *dilaq (“to lick”).

dilah

1. flame

• Javanese: ꦢꦶꦭꦃ (dilah, “lamp; lantern”)
  • → Malay: dilah (“lamp; lantern”)
    • Indonesian: dilah (“lamp; lantern”)

• "dilah" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.