ulah

• olah (Banjar Kuala)

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ulah

1. to make, to do

• IPA^(key): /ʊlea̯h/

ulah

1. conduct; behaviour

Inherited from Malay ulah. Further etymology is unknown,^[1] maybe borrowed from or into Javanese ꦲꦸꦭꦃ (ulah, “way”). Doublet of olah.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈulah/ [ˈu.lah]
• Rhymes: -ulah
• Syllabification: u‧lah

ulah (plural ulah-ulah)

1. (especially of something bad) manner, action, act

   Synonyms: laku, perbuatan, tingkah

• “ulah” 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 Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hulaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *Sulaʀ.

ulah

1. snake

Inherited from Old Sundanese mulah, from affixation mo- +‎ ulah, ulah cognate with root ulih from Minangkabau buliah and Malay boleh.

• IPA^(key): /u.lah/

ulah

1. Expresses that something is forbidden or shouldn't happen. Don't!