tuala

== Brunei Malay == === Etymology === From Portuguese toalha. Compare Tagalog tuwalya, Spanish toalla. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tuala/, /twala/ Hyphenation: tu‧a‧la, tua‧la === Noun === tuala towel (cloth used for wiping) == Central Melanau == === Etymology === From Malay tuala, from Portuguese toalha. Compare Tagalog tuwalya, Spanish toalla. === Noun === tuala towel (cloth used for wiping) == Indonesian == === Etymology === From Malay tuala, from Portuguese toalha. Compare Tagalog tuwalya, Spanish toalla. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /tuˈala/ [t̪uˈa.la] Rhymes: -ala Syllabification: tu‧a‧la === Noun === tuala (plural tuala-tuala) (rare) towel Synonym: handuk === Further reading === “tuala”, 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 Portuguese toalha. Compare Tagalog tuwalya, Spanish toalla. === Pronunciation === (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /ˈtwalə/ [ˈt̪wa.lə] (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /ˈtwala/ [ˈt̪wa.la] Rhymes: -alə, -lə, -ə Rhymes: -a === Noun === tuala (Jawi spelling توالا, plural tuala-tuala or tuala2) towel (cloth used for wiping) ==== Synonyms ==== (Indonesia) handuk ==== Descendants ==== Indonesian: tuala → Central Melanau: tuala === Further reading === "tuala" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017 == Ternate == === Etymology === From Malay tuala, from Portuguese toalha. Compare Tagalog tuwalya, Spanish toalla. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [tu.ˈa.la] === Noun === tuala a headkerchief === References === Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh