tuah
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Interjection
[edit]tuah
- The sound of spitting.
Derived terms
[edit]Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Malay tuah, from Classical Malay تواه (tuah), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuaq (“luck, good fortune”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tuah (plural tuah-tuah)
- magical power
- luck
- specialty
- Synonym: keistimewaan
- advantage
- Synonym: keunggulan
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “tuah” 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]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuaq (“luck, good fortune”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tuah (Jawi spelling تواه, informal 1st possessive tuahku, 2nd possessive tuahmu, 3rd possessive tuahnya)
Derived terms
[edit]Affixed terms and other derivations
Descendants
[edit]- Indonesian: tuah
Further reading
[edit]- “tuah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
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- Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
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- Rhymes:Malay/uah
- Rhymes:Malay/wah
- Rhymes:Malay/ah
- Malay lemmas
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