gulai

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Brunei Malay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡulaj/
  • Hyphenation: gu‧lai

Noun

gulai

  1. vegetable
  2. side dish in a rice-based meal

Synonyms

Indonesian

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Etymology

From Malay gulai. Probably from Tamil குழை (kuḻai, “to become soft, well cooked”).

Pronunciation

Noun

gulai (first-person possessive gulaiku, second-person possessive gulaimu, third-person possessive gulainya)

  1. (cooking) gulai: a type of food containing rich, spicy and succulent curry-like sauce.

Derived terms

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gulay (“vegetable”); reconstructed by Robert Blust (compare Tagalog gúlay (“vegetable”), Lampung Api gulay (“to make soup”)).

Pronunciation

Noun

gulai (Jawi spelling ݢولاي, plural gulai-gulai, informal 1st possessive gulaiku, 2nd possessive gulaimu, 3rd possessive gulainya)

  1. (cooking) gulai: a type of food containing spicy and succulent curry-like sauce.
  2. (Brunei) vegetable

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

Descendants

  • Indonesian: gulai

References

  1. ^ Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *gulay

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