alah

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See also: Alah and alàh

Iban

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayic *alah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *alaq. Compare Malay alah, kalah.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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alah

  1. defeated

Derived terms

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Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Malay alah, from Proto-Malayic *alah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *alaq. Doublet of kalah.

Adjective

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alah

  1. (uncommon) defeated
    Synonym: kalah

Verb

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alah

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) to die (to stop living; to become dead; to undergo death)
    Synonym: tewas
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Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

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alah (active mengalah, passive dikalah, perfective passive terkalah)

  1. (uncommon) to dam (to block the flow of water)
    Synonym: bendung
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Etymology 3

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Interjection

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alah

  1. huh (an interjection to express unconcerned chalence)

Further reading

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Karelian

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Regional variants of alah
North Karelian
(Viena)
South Karelian
(Tver)
alah

Etymology

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Illative of ala-, from Proto-Finnic *ala. Akin to dialectal Finnish alaan and Ingrian allaa.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɑlɑh/
  • Hyphenation: a‧lah

Adverb

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alah

  1. (South Karelian) down, downward

References

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  • A. V. Punzhina (1994) “alah”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN

Malay

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walaq. Compare Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiR and Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wakaR.

Noun

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alah (plural alah-alahan, informal 1st possessive alahku, 2nd possessive alahmu, 3rd possessive alahnya)

  1. allergic
    Synonym: alahan
  2. lose, defeated
    Synonyms: tewas, tumpas

Verb

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alah

  1. (intransitive) to be worsted
  2. (intransitive) to lose (in a game)
    Synonyms: kalah, tewas
    Antonym: menang

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Noun

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alah (plural alahké)

  1. sibling (brother or sister) (of the opposite sex)
    shilah
    Audio:(file)
    my sibling (of the opposite sex)
  2. first cousin, father's brother's daughter (male speaker)
  3. first cousin, mother's sister's daughter (male speaker)

Inflection

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See also

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