alwah

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay alwah, from Classical Malay الوه (alwa), from Arabic أَلْوَة (ʔalwa, “aloe”). Compare to Armenian հալվե (halve, “aloe; agarwood”)}

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈalwah/
• Hyphenation: al‧wah
• Rhymes: -wah, -ah, -h

Noun

alwah (plural alwah-alwah, first-person possessive alwahku, second-person possessive alwahmu, third-person possessive alwahnya)

1. agarwood

   Synonym: gaharu

Further reading

• “alwah” 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.