tuala
Brunei Malay edit
Etymology edit
From Portuguese toalha.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tuala
- towel (cloth used for wiping)
Central Melanau edit
Etymology edit
From Malay tuala, from Portuguese toalha.
Noun edit
tuala
- towel (cloth used for wiping)
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Malay tuala, from Portuguese toalha.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tuala (plural tuala-tuala, first-person possessive tualaku, second-person possessive tualamu, third-person possessive tualanya)
Further reading edit
- “tuala” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay edit
Etymology edit
From Portuguese toalha.
Pronunciation edit
- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /tualə/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /tuala/
- Rhymes: -alə, -lə, -ə
Audio (MY) (file) - Rhymes: -a
Noun edit
tuala (Jawi spelling توالا, plural tuala-tuala, informal 1st possessive tualaku, 2nd possessive tualamu, 3rd possessive tualanya)
Synonyms edit
- (Indonesia) handuk
Descendants edit
- Indonesian: tuala
Further reading edit
- “tuala” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Ternate edit
Etymology edit
From Malay tuala, from Portuguese toalha.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tuala
References edit
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh