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Balinese
Romanization
luah
- Romanization of ᬮᬸᬯᬄ
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lu.ʔah/
- Rhymes: -ʔah
- Hyphenation: lu‧ah
Etymology 1
Inherited from Malay luah, from Proto-Malayic *luah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luaq (compare Fijian lua, Malagasy lua, Maori ruaki).
Noun
luah (uncountable)
- nausea: a feeling of illness or discomfort in the digestive system, usually characterized by a strong urge to vomit.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Learned borrowing from Old Javanese lwah (“river”) (compare to Javanese ꦭꦺꦴꦃ (loh) and Balinese ᬮᬸᬯᬄ (luah)).
Noun
luah (uncountable)
- (agriculture) the volume of liquid flowing through a surface per unit time
Further reading
Malay
Etymology
Cognate with luak, from Proto-Malayic *luah (compare Indonesian luah), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luaq (compare Fijian lua, Malagasy lua, Maori ruaki).
Pronunciation
Verb
luah
- to eject food from the mouth
- to feel sick
- to express
Descendants
- > Indonesian: luah (inherited)
Further reading