luah

Balinese

Romanization

luah

1. Romanization of ᬮᬸᬯᬄ

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lu.ʔah/
• Rhymes: -ʔah
• Hyphenation: lu‧ah

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay luah, from Proto-Malayic *luah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luaq (compare Fijian lua, Malagasy lua, Maori ruaki).

Noun

luah (uncountable)

1. nausea: a feeling of illness or discomfort in the digestive system, usually characterized by a strong urge to vomit.

Derived terms

• diluahkan
• meluah
• meluahkan

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Old Javanese lwah (“river”) (compare to Javanese ꦭꦺꦴꦃ (loh) and Balinese ᬮᬸᬯᬄ (luah)).

Noun

luah (uncountable)

1. (agriculture) the volume of liquid flowing through a surface per unit time

Further reading

• “luah” 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

Cognate with luak, from Proto-Malayic *luah (compare Indonesian luah), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luaq (compare Fijian lua, Malagasy lua, Maori ruaki).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luah/
• Rhymes: -uah, -ah

Verb

luah

1. to eject food from the mouth
2. to feel sick
3. to express

Descendants

• > Indonesian: luah (inherited)

Further reading

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