polah

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpolah/
• Rhymes: -lah, -ah, -h
• Hyphenation: po‧lah

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay polah, from Minangkabau [Term?].

Adjective

polah

1. extravagant

   Synonym: mewah

Derived terms

• berpolah-polah

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Javanese ꦥꦺꦴꦭꦃ (polah, “action, motion; to move”), from Old Javanese polah (“conduct, behaviour, doings, undertaking”) (cf. pa- +‎ ulah, hence equivalent to peng- +‎ olah/ulah). Doublet of pola.

Noun

polah (plural polah-polah, first-person possessive polahku, second-person possessive polahmu, third-person possessive polahnya)

1. conduct, behaviour

   Synonyms: perbuatan, perilaku, tingkah laku

Derived terms

• polah tingkah

 

Further reading

• “polah” 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

polah

1. Romanization of ꦥꦺꦴꦭꦃ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Affixed pa- +‎ ulah. Doublet of pola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /polah/

Noun

polah

1. conduct, behaviour, doings, undertaking

Derived terms

• apopolahan

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦥꦺꦴꦭꦃ (polah, “action, motion; to move”)
  • → Indonesian: polah (“conduct, behaviour”)
• → Tenggarong Kutai Malay: polah (“to make”)

Tenggarong Kutai Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Javanese polah (“doings, undertaking”).

Verb

polah

1. to make