suluh

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *suluh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suluq.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /suluh/
  • Rhymes: -uluh, -luh, -uh
  • (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): [ˈsulʊh, -loh, -lo̞h]

Noun

suluh (Jawi spelling سولوه, plural suluh-suluh, informal 1st possessive suluhku, 2nd possessive suluhmu, 3rd possessive suluhnya)

  1. torch
    Synonyms: obor, jamung, andang

Descendants
  • Indonesian: suluh

Verb

suluh (Jawi spelling سولوه)

  1. to light, to illuminate with a torch
    Setiap orang dari mereka membawa jamung untuk menyuluh jalan di dalam gua itu.
    They each carried a torch to light their way in the cave.

Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • penyuluh [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
  • penyuluhan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
  • menyuluh [agent focus] (meN-)
  • menyuluhi [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
  • disuluh [patient focus] (di-)
  • disuluhi [patient focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (di- + -i)
  • tersuluh [agentless action] (teR-)
  • bersuluh [stative / habitual] (beR-)
  • bersuluhkan [stative / habitual + causative benefactive] (beR- + -kan)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

  • menyuluh-nyuluh

Descendants

Further reading

Sundanese

Romanization

suluh

  1. Romanization of ᮞᮥᮜᮥᮂ
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