tuala

From Portuguese toalha. Compare Tagalog tuwalya, Spanish toalla.

• IPA^(key): /tuala/, /twala/
• Hyphenation: tu‧a‧la, tua‧la

tuala

1. towel (cloth used for wiping)

From Malay tuala, from Portuguese toalha. Compare Tagalog tuwalya, Spanish toalla.

tuala

1. towel (cloth used for wiping)

From Malay tuala, from Portuguese toalha. Compare Tagalog tuwalya, Spanish toalla.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /tuˈala/ [t̪uˈa.la]
• Rhymes: -ala
• Syllabification: tu‧a‧la

tuala (plural tuala-tuala)

1. towel

   Synonym: handuk

• “tuala” 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.

From Portuguese toalha. Compare Tagalog tuwalya, Spanish toalla.

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /ˈtwalə/ [ˈt̪wa.lə]
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /ˈtwala/ [ˈt̪wa.la]
• Rhymes: -alə, -lə, -ə

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• Rhymes: -a

tuala (Jawi spelling توالا, plural tuala-tuala)

1. towel (cloth used for wiping)

• (Indonesia) handuk

• Indonesian: tuala
• → Central Melanau: tuala

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

From Malay tuala, from Portuguese toalha. Compare Tagalog tuwalya, Spanish toalla.

• IPA^(key): [tu.ˈa.la]

tuala

1. a headkerchief

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh