alah

From Proto-Malayic *alah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *alaq. Compare Malay alah, kalah.

• IPA^(key): /alah/

alah

1. defeated

• ngalahka

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈalah/ [ˈa.lah]
• Rhymes: -alah
• Syllabification: a‧lah

Inherited from Malay alah, from Proto-Malayic *alah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *alaq. Doublet of kalah.

alah

1. (uncommon) defeated

   Synonym: kalah

alah

1. (intransitive, obsolete) to die

   Synonym: tewas

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alah (active mengalah, passive dikalah)

1. (uncommon) to dam (to block the flow of water)

   Synonym: bendung

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alah

1. huh (an interjection to express unconcerned chalence)

• “alah” 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.

Illative of ala-, from Proto-Finnic *ala. Akin to dialectal Finnish alaan and Ingrian allaa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑlɑh/
• Hyphenation: a‧lah

alah

1. (South Karelian) down, downward

• A. V. Punzhina (1994) “alah”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN

From Proto-Malayic *alah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *alaq.

alah

1. allergic

   Synonym: alahan

2. lose, defeated

   Synonyms: tewas, tumpas

alah

1. (intransitive) to be worsted
2. (intransitive) to lose (in a game)

   Synonyms: kalah, tewas

   Antonym: menang

• IPA^(key): /ʔɑ̀lɑ̀h/

alah (plural alahké)

1. sibling (brother or sister) (of the opposite sex)

   shilah

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   — my sibling (of the opposite sex)

2. first cousin, father's brother's daughter (male speaker)
3. first cousin, mother's sister's daughter (male speaker)

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