tuah

== English == === Etymology === Imitative === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -uːə === Interjection === tuah The sound of spitting. ==== Derived terms ==== hawk tuah == Indonesian == === Etymology === Inherited from Malay tuah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuaq (“luck, good fortune”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈtuah/ [ˈt̪u.ah] Rhymes: -ah Syllabification: tu‧ah === Noun === tuah (plural tuah-tuah) magical power luck Synonyms: bahagia, untung specialty Synonym: keistimewaan advantage Synonym: keunggulan ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “tuah”, 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 === Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuaq (“luck, good fortune”). === Pronunciation === (Literary Standard) IPA(key): /ˈtuah/ [ˈt̪wah] Rhymes: -uah, -wah, -ah Hyphenation: tu‧ah === Noun === tuah (Jawi spelling تواه, uncountable) luck; fortune specialty Synonyms: keistimewaan, keunggulan advantage Synonym: kelebihan ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== > Indonesian: tuah (inherited) === References === Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “توه toewah”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek (in Dutch), Haarlem; Amsterdam: John Enschede en Zonen; Frederik Muller, page 93 Wilkinson, R. J. (1901-1903), “توه tuwah”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Singapore; Hong Kong; Shanghai; Yokohama: Kelly & Walsh Ltd., page 205 Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “tuah”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages 603-4 === Further reading === "tuah" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017