kalah
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Unknown, probably from Hindi कलह (kalah, “conflict, strife, squabble”), from Sanskrit कलह (kalaha).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
kalah
- conquered, subdued, lose
- Synonym: takluk
- Mereka selalu kalah di final.
- They always lose in the final.
- not as (something) as
- Rumahnya kalah besar dengan tetangganya.
- His house not as big as his neighbor.
- lost
- Synonym: rugi
Derived terms edit
Terms derived from kalah
Further reading edit
- “kalah” 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
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “probally from PMP *walaq”) From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walaq with prefix Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ka-.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
kalah (Jawi spelling کاله)
Further reading edit
- “kalah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
West Makian edit
Etymology edit
From Indonesian kalah.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
kalah
- (intransitive) to lose, to be defeated
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of kalah (action verb) | ||||
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singular | plural | |||
inclusive | exclusive | |||
1st person | takalah | makalah | akalah | |
2nd person | nakalah | fakalah | ||
3rd person | inanimate | ikalah | dakalah | |
animate | ||||
imperative | nakalah, kalah | fakalah, kalah |
References edit
- James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary[1], Pacific linguistics