gulai

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay gulai.

Noun

gulai (countable and uncountable, plural gulais)

  1. A kind of spicy stew of Southeast Asia.

Brunei Malay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡulaj/
  • Hyphenation: gu‧lai

Noun

gulai

  1. vegetable
    Synonym: sayur
  2. side dish in a rice-based meal
    Synonym: lauk

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay gulai. Probably from Tamil குழை (kuḻai, “to become soft, well cooked”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈɡulai̯/ [ˈɡu.lai̯]
  • Rhymes: -ulai̯
  • Syllabification: gu‧lai

Noun

gulai (plural gulai-gulai)

  1. (cooking) gulai: a type of food containing rich, spicy and succulent curry-like sauce

Derived terms

  • menggulai
  • gulai bagar
  • gulai balak
  • gulai keling
  • gulai kulak kukut
  • gulai taboh

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gulay (“vegetable”); reconstructed by Robert Blust (compare Tagalog gúlay (“vegetable”), Lampung Api gulay (“to make soup”)).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡulaj/ [ˈɡu.lai̯]
  • Rhymes: -ulai̯, -lai̯, -ai̯
  • Hyphenation: gu‧lai

Noun

gulai (Jawi spelling ݢولاي, plural gulai-gulai or gulai2)

  1. (cooking) gulai: a type of food containing spicy and succulent curry-like sauce.
  2. (Brunei) vegetable
    Synonym: sayur

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • penggulai [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
  • penggulaian [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
  • menggulai [agent focus] (meN-)
  • menggulai-gulai [reduplication + agent focus] (redup + meN-)
  • menggulaikan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
  • digulai [patient focus] (di-)
  • digulaikan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
  • bergulai [stative / habitual] (beR-)
  • mempergulaikan [causative agent focus + causative benefactive] (mempeR- + -kan)
  • dipergulaikan [causative passive focus + causative benefactive] (dipeR- + -kan)

Descendants

  • Indonesian: gulai

References

  1. ^ Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *gulay

Further reading

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