polah

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpolah/
• Rhymes: -lah, -ah, -h
• Hyphenation: po‧lah

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay polah, from Minangkabau [Term?].

Adjective

polah

1. extravagant

   Synonym: mewah

Derived terms

• berpolah-polah

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Javanese ꦥꦺꦴꦭꦃ (polah, “action, motion; to move”), from Old Javanese polah (“conduct, behaviour, doings, undertaking”) (cf. pa- +‎ ulah, hence equivalent to peng- +‎ olah/ulah). Doublet of pola.

Noun

polah (plural polah-polah)

1. conduct, behaviour

   Synonyms: perbuatan, perilaku, tingkah laku

Derived terms

• polah tingkah

Further reading

• “polah”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Javanese

Romanization

polah

1. romanization of ꦥꦺꦴꦭꦃ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Affixed pa- +‎ ulah. Doublet of pola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /polah/

Noun

polah

1. conduct, behaviour, doings, undertaking

Derived terms

• apopolahan

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦥꦺꦴꦭꦃ (polah, “action, motion; to move”)
  • → Indonesian: polah (“conduct, behaviour”)
• → Tenggarong Kutai Malay: polah (“to make”)

Sarawak Malay

Etymology

From Old Javanese polah (“doings, undertaking”). Compare Tenggarong Kutai Malay polah, and Indonesian polah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /po.lah/
• (with N- prefix) IPA^(key): /mo.lah/

Verb

polah

1. (transitive) to make, create

   Aku tengah molah ikan goreng.

   I'm making fried fish.

   Kesalahan ya sengaja dipolahnya.

   That mistake was intentionally made by him.

2. (transitive) to make, cause

   Kueh ya manis gilak, molah aku penin.

   The cake is too sweet, it makes me dizzy.

Derived terms

• (with N- prefix) molah

Tenggarong Kutai Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Javanese polah (“doings, undertaking”).

Verb

polah

1. to make