alah

See also: Alah and alàh

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *alah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *alaq. Compare Malay alah, kalah.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /alah/

Adjective

alah

  1. defeated

Derived terms
  • ngalahka

Karelian
Regional variants of alah
North Karelian
(Viena)		 —
South Karelian
(Tver)		 alah

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

  1. (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-Malayo-Polynesian *walaq. Compare Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiR and Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wakaR.

Noun

alah (plural alah-alahan, informal 1st possessive alahku, 2nd possessive alahmu, 3rd possessive alahnya)

  1. allergic
    Synonym: alahan
  2. lose, defeated
    Synonyms: tewas, tumpas

Verb

alah

  1. (intransitive) to be worsted
  2. (intransitive) to lose (in a game)
    Synonyms: kalah, tewas
    Antonym: menang

Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • beralah [stative / habitual] (beR-)
  • beralahan [stative / habitual + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (beR- + -an)
  • mengalah [agent focus] (meN-)
  • mengalahi [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
  • mengalahkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
  • teralahkan [agentless action + causative benefactive] (teR- + -kan)
  • alahan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)

Noun

alah (plural alahké)

  1. sibling (brother or sister) (of the opposite sex)
    shilah
    (file)
    — my sibling (of the opposite sex)
  2. first cousin, father's brother's daughter (male speaker)
  3. first cousin, mother's sister's daughter (male speaker)

Inflection
possessives of alah
singular duoplural plural
1st person shilah nihilah danihilah
2nd person nilah nihilah danihilah
3rd person bilah
4th person (3o) yilah
4th person (3a) halah
Indefinite (3i) alah

See also
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