kalah

Unknown, probably from Hindi कलह (kalah, “conflict, strife, squabble”), from Sanskrit कलह (kalaha).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkalah]
• Hyphenation: ka‧lah

kalah

1. conquered, subdued, lose

   Synonym: takluk

   Mereka selalu kalah di final.

   They always lose in the final.

2. not as (something) as

   Rumahnya kalah besar dengan tetangganya.

   His house not as big as his neighbor.

3. lost

   Synonym: rugi

• “kalah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “probally from PMP *walaq”) From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walaq with prefix Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ka-.

• IPA^(key): /kalah/
• Rhymes: -alah, -lah, -ah

kalah (Jawi spelling کاله)

1. defeated

• “kalah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

From Indonesian kalah.

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.l̪ah/

kalah

1. (intransitive) to lose, to be defeated

• James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎, Pacific linguistics