tulah
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈtulah/ [ˈt̪u.lah]
- Rhymes: -ulah
- Syllabification: tu‧lah
Etymology 1
Inherited from Malay tulah, from Arabic [Term?].
Noun
tulah (plural tulah-tulah)
- bad luck, calamity, misfortune
- Synonym: kualat
Derived terms
- ketulahan
- menulahi
- tulah papa
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Dutch toelage (“grant-in-aid, subsidy”).
Noun
tulah (plural tulah-tulah)
Derived terms
- tulah anak
- tulah istri
Further reading
- “tulah”, 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