perlaya

Sundanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रलय (pralaya, “annihilation”)

Verb

perlaya or ᮕᮨᮛᮣᮚ • (perlaya)

1. to die; to be dead

   Gatotkaca perlaya dadana katiir pakarang Konta.

   Gatotkaca died, his chest stabbed by the Konta weapon.

2. to be annihilated; to be utterly exterminated or destroyed

   Kabéh geus pada perlaya.

   All has been annihilated.

Further reading

• Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij