luah
Balinese edit
Romanization edit
luah
- Romanization of ᬮᬸᬯᬄ
Indonesian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Malay luah, from Proto-Malayic *luah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luaq (compare Fijian lua, Malagasy lua, Maori ruaki).
Noun edit
luah (first-person possessive luahku, second-person possessive luahmu, third-person possessive luahnya)
- nausea: a feeling of illness or discomfort in the digestive system, usually characterized by a strong urge to vomit.
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Learned borrowing from Old Javanese lwah (“river”) (compare to Javanese ꦭꦺꦴꦃ (loh) and Balinese ᬮᬸᬯᬄ (luah)).
Noun edit
luah (first-person possessive luahku, second-person possessive luahmu, third-person possessive luahnya)
- (agriculture) the volume of liquid flowing through a surface per unit time
Further reading edit
- “luah” 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
Cognate with luak, from Proto-Malayic *luah (compare Indonesian luah), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luaq (compare Fijian lua, Malagasy lua, Maori ruaki).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
luah
Descendants edit
- > Indonesian: luah (inherited)
Further reading edit
- “luah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.