gulai
Brunei Malay edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gulai
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Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Malay gulai. Probably from Tamil குழை (kuḻai, “to become soft, well cooked”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gulai (first-person possessive gulaiku, second-person possessive gulaimu, third-person possessive gulainya)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “gulai” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Malay edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gulay (“vegetable”); reconstructed by Robert Blust (compare Tagalog gúlay (“vegetable”), Lampung Api gulay (“to make soup”)).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gulai (Jawi spelling ݢولاي, plural gulai-gulai, informal 1st possessive gulaiku, 2nd possessive gulaimu, 3rd possessive gulainya)
Derived terms edit
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
- penggulai [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
- penggulaian [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
- menggulai [agent focus] (meN-)
- menggulai-gulai [reduplication + agent focus] (redup + meN-)
- menggulaikan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
- digulai [patient focus] (di-)
- digulaikan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
- bergulai [stative / habitual] (beR-)
- mempergulaikan [causative agent focus + causative benefactive] (mempeR- + -kan)
- dipergulaikan [causative passive focus + causative benefactive] (dipeR- + -kan)
Descendants edit
- Indonesian: gulai
References edit
Further reading edit
- “gulai” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.