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

Indonesian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

alah

1. (uncommon) defeated

   Synonym: kalah

Verb

alah

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

   Synonym: tewas

Derived terms

Affixed terms

• alah-mengalahi
• alahan
• beralah
• kalahi
• kalahkan
• kealahan
• mengalah
• pengalahan
• peralahan
• teralahkan

 

Etymology 2

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

Verb

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

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

   Synonym: bendung

Derived terms

Affixed terms

• alahan

 

Etymology 3

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

Interjection

alah

1. huh (an interjection to express unconcerned chalence)

Further reading

• “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.

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)

Navajo

Noun

alah (plural alahké)

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

   shilah

   Audio:

   (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

• achʼooní
• akʼis