luah

• IPA^(key): /lu.ʔah/
• Rhymes: -ah
• Hyphenation: lu‧ah

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luaq (compare Malay luah).

luah (Balinese script ᬮᬸᬯᬄ)

1. vomit

Borrowed from Old Javanese lwah (“river”).

luah (Balinese script ᬮᬸᬯᬄ)

1. river
2. a place to dispose of excess water in rice fields

• “luah” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia], Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈluah/ [ˈlu.ah]
• Rhymes: -ah
• Syllabification: lu‧ah

Inherited from Malay luah, from Proto-Malayic *luah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luaq (compare Fijian lua, Malagasy lua, Maori ruaki).

luah (plural luah-luah)

1. (rare) nausea (a feeling of illness or discomfort in the digestive system, usually characterized by a strong urge to vomit)

   Synonym: mual

Learned borrowing from Old Javanese lwah (“river”) (compare to Javanese ꦭꦺꦴꦃ (loh) and Balinese luah), ultimately probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ruŋ, *ruuŋ, *ruəŋ (“channel, river”).

luah (plural luah-luah)

1. (agriculture) the volume of liquid flowing through a surface per unit time

• “luah” 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.

Cognate with luak, from Proto-Malayic *luah (compare Indonesian luah), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luaq (compare Fijian lua, Malagasy lua, Maori ruaki).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlwah/ [ˈlwah]
• Rhymes: -ah
• Hyphenation: luah

luah

1. to eject food from the mouth
2. to feel sick
3. to express

• > Indonesian: luah (inherited)

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

Borrowed from Old Javanese lwah (“river”).

luah

1. river

• → Indonesian: (a toponymic element commonly found in parts of East Kalimantan) loa

• “luah”, in Kamus Bahasa Kutai - Bahasa Indonesia‎^[1], Samarinda: Kantor Bahasa Provinsi Kalimantan Timur, 2013