gulai

Brunei Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡulaj/
• Hyphenation: gu‧lai

Noun

gulai

1. vegetable
2. side dish in a rice-based meal

Synonyms

• (vegetable): sayur
• (side dish): lauk

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay gulai. Probably from Tamil குழை (kuḻai, “to become soft, well cooked”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡulai̯]
• Rhymes: -lai̯, -ai̯, -i
• Hyphenation: gu‧lai

Noun

gulai (uncountable)

1. (cooking) gulai: a type of food containing rich, spicy and succulent curry-like sauce.

Derived terms

• menggulai

 

• gulai bagar
• gulai balak
• gulai keling
• gulai kulak kukut
• gulai taboh

 

Further reading

• “gulai” 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

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gulay (“vegetable”); reconstructed by Robert Blust (compare Tagalog gúlay (“vegetable”), Lampung Api gulay (“to make soup”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡulai̯/
• Rhymes: -ulai̯, -lai̯, -ai̯

Noun

gulai (Jawi spelling ݢولاي, plural gulai-gulai, informal 1st possessive gulaiku, 2nd possessive gulaimu, 3rd possessive gulainya)

1. (cooking) gulai: a type of food containing spicy and succulent curry-like sauce.
2. (Brunei) vegetable

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• penggulai [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• penggulaian [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• menggulai [agent focus] (meN-)
• menggulai-gulai [reduplication + agent focus] (redup + meN-)
• menggulaikan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• digulai [patient focus] (di-)
• digulaikan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
• bergulai [stative / habitual] (beR-)
• mempergulaikan [causative agent focus + causative benefactive] (mempeR- + -kan)
• dipergulaikan [causative passive focus + causative benefactive] (dipeR- + -kan)

Descendants

• Indonesian: gulai

Further reading

• “gulai” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.