bertuah
Indonesian
Etymology
Affixation of ber- + tuah, from Malay bertuah.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /bərˈtuah/ [bərˈt̪u.ah]
- Rhymes: -ah
- Syllabification: ber‧tu‧ah
Adjective
bertuah (comparative lebih bertuah, superlative paling bertuah)
- having luck
Further reading
- “bertuah”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Malay
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (schwa-variety, /a/-variety, Baku, Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /bərˈtwah/ [bərˈt̪wah]
- Rhymes: -uah, -wah, -ah
- Hyphenation: ber‧tu‧ah
Adjective
bertuah (Jawi spelling برتواه, comparative lebih bertuah, superlative paling bertuah)
- having luck
Descendants
- > Indonesian: bertuah (inherited)
Further reading
- "bertuah" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017