polah

• IPA^(key): /ˈpolah/
• Rhymes: -lah, -ah, -h
• Hyphenation: po‧lah

Inherited from Malay polah, from Minangkabau [Term?].

polah

1. extravagant

   Synonym: mewah

Borrowed from Javanese ꦥꦺꦴꦭꦃ (polah, “action, motion; to move”), from Old Javanese polah (“conduct, behaviour, doings, undertaking”) (cf. pa- +‎ ulah, hence equivalent to peng- +‎ olah/ulah). Doublet of pola.

polah (plural polah-polah)

1. conduct, behaviour

   Synonyms: perbuatan, perilaku, tingkah laku

• “polah” 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.

polah

1. romanization of ꦥꦺꦴꦭꦃ

Affixed pa- +‎ ulah. Doublet of pola.

• IPA^(key): /polah/

polah

1. conduct, behaviour, doings, undertaking

• Javanese: ꦥꦺꦴꦭꦃ (polah, “action, motion; to move”)
  • → Indonesian: polah (“conduct, behaviour”)
• → Tenggarong Kutai Malay: polah (“to make”)

Borrowed from Old Javanese polah (“doings, undertaking”).

polah

1. to make