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Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay suluh, from Proto-Malayic *suluh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suluq.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsu.luh/,
- Rhymes: -lʊh
- Hyphenation: su‧luh
Noun
suluh (first-person possessive suluhku, second-person possessive suluhmu, third-person possessive suluhnya)
- torch
- Synonyms: obor, jamung, andang
Verb
suluh
- to light up, to illuminate with a torch
Ia menyuluh lorong yang gelap itu dengan lampu senter.- He lights up the dark hallway with a flashlight.
Derived terms
Further reading
Malay
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayic *suluh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suluq.
Pronunciation
Noun
suluh (Jawi spelling سولوه, plural suluh-suluh, informal 1st possessive suluhku, 2nd possessive suluhmu, 3rd possessive suluhnya)
- torch
- Synonyms: obor, jamung, andang
- (archaic) spy; scout
- Synonyms: mata-mata, pengintai, pengintip, perisik, penyelidik
Descendants
Verb
suluh (Jawi spelling سولوه)
- to light, to illuminate with a torch
Setiap orang dari mereka membawa jamung untuk menyuluh jalan di dalam gua itu.- They each carried a torch to light their way in the cave.
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
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Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
Descendants
References
- Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “سولوه soeloeh”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 60
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “سولوه suloh”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 433
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “suloh”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 498
Further reading
Sundanese
Romanization
suluh
- Romanization of ᮞᮥᮜᮥᮂ