gulai

Brunei Malay

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡulaj/
  • Hyphenation: gu‧lai

Noun

gulai

  1. vegetable
  2. side dish in a rice-based meal

Synonyms

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay gulai. Probably from Tamil குழை (kuḻai, “to become soft, well cooked”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɡulai̯]
  • Rhymes: -lai̯, -ai̯, -i
  • Hyphenation: gu‧lai

Noun

gulai (first-person possessive gulaiku, second-person possessive gulaimu, third-person possessive gulainya)

  1. (cooking) gulai: a type of food containing rich, spicy and succulent curry-like sauce.

Derived terms
  • menggulai
  • gulai bagar
  • gulai balak
  • gulai keling
  • gulai kulak kukut
  • gulai taboh

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gulay (“vegetable”); reconstructed by Robert Blust (compare Tagalog gúlay (“vegetable”), Lampung Api gulay (“to make soup”)).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡulai̯/
  • Rhymes: -ulai̯, -lai̯, -ai̯

Noun

gulai (Jawi spelling ݢولاي, plural gulai-gulai, informal 1st possessive gulaiku, 2nd possessive gulaimu, 3rd possessive gulainya)

  1. (cooking) gulai: a type of food containing spicy and succulent curry-like sauce.
  2. (Brunei) vegetable

Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • penggulai [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
  • penggulaian [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
  • menggulai [agent focus] (meN-)
  • menggulai-gulai [reduplication + agent focus] (redup + meN-)
  • menggulaikan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
  • digulai [patient focus] (di-)
  • digulaikan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
  • bergulai [stative / habitual] (beR-)
  • mempergulaikan [causative agent focus + causative benefactive] (mempeR- + -kan)
  • dipergulaikan [causative passive focus + causative benefactive] (dipeR- + -kan)

Descendants
  • Indonesian: gulai

References
  1. Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *gulay

Further reading
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