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Brunei Malay
Etymology
From Portuguese toalha. Compare Tagalog tuwalya, Spanish toalla.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tuala/, /twala/
- Hyphenation: tu‧a‧la, tua‧la
Noun
tuala
- towel (cloth used for wiping)
Central Melanau
Etymology
From Malay tuala, from Portuguese toalha. Compare Tagalog tuwalya, Spanish toalla.
Noun
tuala
- towel (cloth used for wiping)
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay tuala, from Portuguese toalha. Compare Tagalog tuwalya, Spanish toalla.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: tu‧a‧la
Noun
tuala (plural tuala-tuala, first-person possessive tualaku, second-person possessive tualamu, third-person possessive tualanya)
- towel.
- Synonym: handuk
Further reading
Malay
Etymology
From Portuguese toalha. Compare Tagalog tuwalya, Spanish toalla.
Pronunciation
Noun
tuala (Jawi spelling توالا, plural tuala-tuala, informal 1st possessive tualaku, 2nd possessive tualamu, 3rd possessive tualanya)
- (Malaysia) towel (cloth used for wiping)
Synonyms
Descendants
Further reading
Ternate
Etymology
From Malay tuala, from Portuguese toalha. Compare Tagalog tuwalya, Spanish toalla.
Pronunciation
Noun
tuala
- a headkerchief
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh