alah

== Iban == === Etymology === From Proto-Malayic *alah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *alaq. Compare Malay alah, kalah. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /alah/ === Adjective === alah defeated ==== Derived terms ==== ngalahka == Indonesian == === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈalah/ [ˈa.lah] Rhymes: -alah Syllabification: a‧lah === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Malay alah, from Proto-Malayic *alah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *alaq. Doublet of kalah. ==== Adjective ==== alah (uncommon) defeated Synonym: kalah ==== Verb ==== alah (intransitive, obsolete) to die Synonym: tewas ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Verb ==== alah (active mengalah, passive dikalah) (uncommon) to dam (to block the flow of water) Synonym: bendung ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 3 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Interjection ==== alah huh (an interjection to express unconcerned chalence) === Further reading === “alah”, 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 == Karelian == === Etymology === Illative of ala-, from Proto-Finnic *ala. Akin to dialectal Finnish alaan and Ingrian allaa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑlɑh/ Hyphenation: a‧lah === Adverb === alah (South Karelian) down, downward === References === A. V. Punzhina (1994), “alah”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN == Malay == === Etymology === From Proto-Malayic *alah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *alaq. === Adjective === alah (comparative lebih alah, superlative paling alah) allergic Synonym: alahan lose, defeated Synonyms: tewas, tumpas === Verb === alah (intransitive) to be worsted (intransitive) to lose (in a game) Synonyms: kalah, tewas Antonym: menang ==== Derived terms ==== == Navajo == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʔɑ̀lɑ̀h/ === Noun === alah (plural alahké) sibling (brother or sister) (of the opposite sex) shilah — my sibling (of the opposite sex) first cousin, father's brother's daughter (male speaker) first cousin, mother's sister's daughter (male speaker) ==== Inflection ==== ==== See also ==== achʼooní akʼis