ialah
Indonesian
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editConjunction
editialah
Particle
editialah
- (third person) a connector between two pieces of sentence that confirms the details or explanation of the first part
- Yang perlu dikerjakan sekarang ialah membawa korban ke rumah sakit.
- What needs to be done now is to take the victims to the hospital.
Usage notes
editIalah is a connector word which is often used like the English verb “to be”. It can be used only for third person and before nouns or verbs. Compare this with adalah, which has the same meaning but can be used with first, second and third person.
Further reading
edit- “ialah” 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
editPronunciation
edit- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /iəlah/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /ialah/
- Rhymes: -əlah, -lah, -ah
Conjunction
editialah (Jawi spelling اياله)
- to be
Particle
editialah
- (predicate marker) to be
Usage notes
editIalah is a connector word which is often used like the English verb “to be”. It can be used only before nouns or verbs. Compare this with adalah, which has the same meaning but can only be used before prepositions, postpositions or adjectives.
See also
editFurther reading
edit- “ialah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Categories:
- Indonesian terms suffixed with -lah
- Indonesian 3-syllable words
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Indonesian/lah
- Rhymes:Indonesian/ah
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian conjunctions
- Indonesian particles
- Indonesian terms with usage examples
- Malay 3-syllable words
- Malay terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Malay/əlah
- Rhymes:Malay/lah
- Rhymes:Malay/ah
- Rhymes:Malay/ah/3 syllables
- Malay lemmas
- Malay conjunctions
- Malay particles