pulau

== English == === Noun === pulau (countable and uncountable, plural pulaus) Alternative form of pilaf. == Brunei Malay == === Etymology === Compare Malay pulau. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pulaw/ Hyphenation: pu‧lau === Noun === pulau island (area of land surrounded by water) ==== Derived terms ==== pulau buah (“orchard”) == Indonesian == === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈpulau̯/ [ˈpu.lau̯] Rhymes: -ulau̯ Syllabification: pu‧lau === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Malay pulau, from Proto-Malayic *pulaw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pulaw. ==== Noun ==== pulau (plural pulau-pulau) island (a contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, totally surrounded by water) Synonyms: dwipa, nusa ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Ngaju [Term?] ==== Noun ==== pulau (plural pulau-pulau) clumps of wood of the same type in the forest === Further reading === “pulau”, 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 === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pulaw. Compare Uneapa vulo (“land”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpulaw/ [ˈpu.lau̯] Rhymes: -ulau̯, -lau̯, -au̯ Hyphenation: pu‧lau === Noun === pulau (Jawi spelling ڤولاو, plural pulau-pulau or pulau2) island (area of land completely surrounded by water) Synonym: nusa ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Indonesian: pulau → Min Nan: 浮爐／浮炉 (phû-lô͘) === Verb === pulau (Jawi spelling ڤولاو) to ostracise; to ignore ==== Alternative forms ==== palau (colloquial, nonstandard) ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === "pulau" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017 == Minangkabau == === Etymology === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pulaw. === Noun === pulau island