alih

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay alih, from Proto-Malayic *alih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aliq.

Pronunciation

Verb

alih

  1. (intransitive, rare) synonym of pindah (to move, change place)
  2. (in compound) trans-, re- shift

Conjugation

Conjugation of alih (ber-, intransitive, irregular)
root alih
active passive basic
imperative
emphatic
jussive
reflective1 ordinary
ordinary
nominative beralih alih
accusative / dative / locative
perfective causative / applicative2 mengalihkan teralihkan dialihkan alihkan alihkanlah
causative
nominative
accusative / dative / locative
perfective causative / applicative2

1 There is another form of reflective passive verb with affixation of ke- -an which is not included in the table. This form is only attested in active voice without causative affixation of per-.
2 The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

alih

  1. romanization of ꦲꦭꦶꦃ

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *alih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aliq.

Pronunciation

Verb

alih (Jawi spelling اليه, used in the form beralih)

  1. (intransitive) to move (to change place or posture; to go)

Derived terms

  • peralihan (transfer (e.g. of power, state of matter))

Further reading

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aliq.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alɪh/

Numeral

alih

  1. two

Derived terms

  • akālihan
  • aṅālihi
  • kakalihan
  • kalih
  • kalih-kalihan
  • kinālihan
  • kālih
  • kālih-kālih
  • miṅkalihi
  • palih
  • piniṅkalihan
  • piṅkalih
  • alih siki

Noun

alih

  1. moving
  2. changing

Derived terms

  • amalih-malih
  • apaṅalih
  • aṅalih
  • aṅalihakĕn
  • aṅalihi
  • inalih
  • inalihakĕn
  • malih
  • mālih
  • palih
  • umalih

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦲꦭꦶꦃ (alih)

Further reading

  • "alih" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Sundanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aliq.

Verb

alih (Sundanese script ᮃᮜᮤᮂ)

  1. (intransitive) to move (to change place or posture; to go)

Further reading

  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*aliq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI