alah

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

• IPA^(key): /alah/

alah

1. defeated

• ngalahka

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔa.lah/
• Rhymes: -lah, -ah, -h
• Hyphenation: a‧lah

Inherited from Malay alah, from Proto-Malayic *alah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *alaq. Doublet of kalah.

alah

1. (uncommon) defeated

   Synonym: kalah

alah

1. (intransitive, obsolete) to die (to stop living; to become dead; to undergo death)

   Synonym: tewas

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

alah (active mengalah, passive dikalah, perfective passive terkalah)

1. (uncommon) to dam (to block the flow of water)

   Synonym: bendung

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alah

1. huh (an interjection to express unconcerned chalence)

• “alah” 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.

Regional variants of alah

North Karelian (Viena)	—
South Karelian (Tver)	alah

Illative of ala-, from Proto-Finnic *ala. Akin to dialectal Finnish alaan and Ingrian allaa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑlɑh/
• Hyphenation: a‧lah

alah

1. (South Karelian) down, downward

• A. V. Punzhina (1994) “alah”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walaq. Compare Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiR and Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wakaR.

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

1. allergic

   Synonym: alahan

2. lose, defeated

   Synonyms: tewas, tumpas

alah

1. (intransitive) to be worsted
2. (intransitive) to lose (in a game)

   Synonyms: kalah, tewas

   Antonym: menang

alah (plural alahké)

1. sibling (brother or sister) (of the opposite sex)

   shilah

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   — 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)

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