jalu

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒa.lu/
  • Rhymes: -lu
  • Hyphenation: ja‧lu

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Javanese ꦗꦭꦸ (jalu, “spur”), from Old Javanese jalu (“male; man, husband”).

Noun

jalu (plural jalu-jalu)

  1. spur
    Synonyms: susuh, susuk, taji
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Malay .

Noun

jalu

  1. (dialect, Riau) to sleepwalk

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

jalu

  1. Romanization of ꦗꦭꦸ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Probably Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baluN (“bind, bundle”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒa.lu/
  • Rhymes: -lu
  • Hyphenation: ja‧lu

Noun

jalu

  1. male;
  2. man, husband

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦗꦭꦸ (jalu, “spur”)
    • → Indonesian: jalu (“spur”)
  • → Sundanese: ᮏᮜᮥ (jalu, “male (animal)”)

Further reading

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

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

jalu (Cyrillic spelling јалу)

  1. dative/locative singular of jal

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French jaloux

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ɧaˈlʉː/

Adjective

jalu (comparative jaluare, superlative jaluast)

  1. (dated) jealous
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