belau
See also: Belau
Indonesian
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Alternative forms
[edit]- blau (nonstandard)
Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]belau (uncountable)
- a washing blue, for bluing
- (colloquial, possibly dated) blue
- Synonym: biru
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
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Noun
[edit]belau (uncountable)
- threadfin shad
- Synonym: beledang
- Bloch's gizzard shad
Further reading
[edit]- “belau” 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.
Malay
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Dutch blauw, from Old Dutch *blāo, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bhlēw-, *bhlāw-, from Proto-Indo-European *bhel-.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]belau (Jawi spelling بلاو)
- (Indonesia, Netherlands) blue (blue-colored)
Synonyms
[edit]Noun
[edit]belau (Jawi spelling بلاو, plural belau-belau, informal 1st possessive belauku, 2nd possessive belaumu, 3rd possessive belaunya)
- (Indonesia, Netherlands) blue (colour)
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- Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Germanic
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- Indonesian nouns
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- Malay terms derived from Dutch
- Malay terms derived from Old Dutch
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- Malay 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Malay/əlau̯
- Rhymes:Malay/lau̯
- Rhymes:Malay/au̯
- Malay lemmas
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- ms:Blues
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