tuah

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay tuah, from Classical Malay تواه (tuah), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuaq (“luck, good fortune”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt̪uah]
• Hyphenation: tu‧ah

Noun

tuah (first-person possessive tuahku, second-person possessive tuahmu, third-person possessive tuahnya)

1. magical power
2. luck

   Synonyms: bahagia, untung

3. specialty

   Synonym: keistimewaan

4. advantage

   Synonym: keunggulan

Derived terms

• bertuah
• ketuahan
• menuahi
• menuahkan

 

Further reading

• “tuah” 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

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuaq (“luck, good fortune”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuah/
• Rhymes: -uah, -wah, -ah

Noun

tuah (Jawi spelling تواه, informal 1st possessive tuahku, 2nd possessive tuahmu, 3rd possessive tuahnya)

1. luck; fortune

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• bertuah [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Descendants

• Indonesian: tuah

Further reading

• “tuah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.