jalu

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒa.lu/
• Rhymes: -lu
• Hyphenation: ja‧lu

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Javanese ꦗꦭꦸ (jalu, “spur”), from Old Javanese jalu (“male; man, husband”).

Noun

jalu (plural jalu-jalu, first-person possessive jaluku, second-person possessive jalumu, third-person possessive jalunya)

1. spur

   Synonyms: susuh, susuk, taji

Derived terms

• menjalu

 

Related terms

• jantan

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Malay [Term?].

Noun

jalu

1. (dialect, Riau) to sleepwalk

Further reading

• “jalu” 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.

Javanese

Romanization

jalu

1. Romanization of ꦗꦭꦸ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Probably Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baluN (“bind, bundle”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒa.lu/
• Rhymes: -lu
• Hyphenation: ja‧lu

Noun

jalu

1. male;
2. man, husband

Derived terms

• ajalu
• jantĕn
• kajalwan
• makajalu
• pañjalu

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦗꦭꦸ (jalu, “spur”)
  • → Indonesian: jalu (“spur”)
• → Sundanese: ᮏᮜᮥ (jalu, “male (animal)”)

Further reading

• "jalu" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

jalu (Cyrillic spelling јалу)

1. dative/locative singular of jal