malah

Indonesian

Conjunction

malah

  1. rather, instead

Ladino

Etymology

From Hebrew מַלְאָךְ (mal'ákh).

Noun

malah m (Hebrew spelling מלאך, plural malahím)

  1. (religion) angel

Synonyms

  • malah amavet

Further reading

  • Aitor García Moreno, editor (2013–), “malaj”, in Diccionario Histórico Judeoespañol (in Spanish), CSIC
  • Elli Kohen & Dahlia Kohen-Gordon (2000) “malah”, in Ladino–English Concise Encyclopedic Dictionary, Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, page 237

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walaq + stative prefix Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ma-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /malah/
  • Rhymes: -lah, -ah

Adverb

malah

  1. in fact
  2. but
  3. should

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • malahan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
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