pirau

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈpirau̯/ [ˈpi.rau̯]
• Rhymes: -irau̯
• Syllabification: pi‧rau

Borrowed from Minangkabau [Term?].

pirau

1. cinereous

pirau (uncountable)

1. cigar brown

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

pirau

1. to turn right about or left

pirau (plural pirau-pirau)

1. (dialect Jambi) a ghost from Jambi who takes the form of a very tall human, likes to disturb children

• “pirau”, 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
• Daftar Istilah Warna [Color Glossary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, 1984, page 12

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiraw/ [ˈpi.rau̯]
• Rhymes: -irau̯, -rau̯, -au̯
• Hyphenation: pi‧rau

pirau (Jawi spelling ڤيراو, comparative lebih pirau, superlative paling pirau)

1. grey (colour)

• kelabu / کلابو (Malaysia, Brunei)
• abu-abu / ابو٢ (Indonesian)

pirau (Jawi spelling ڤيراو, plural pirau-pirau or pirau²)

1. grey (colour)

• "pirau" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

pirau

1. rotten

• piro

• Williams, Herbert William (1917), “pirau”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 328
• “pirau” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.