belau
Indonesian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Dutch blauw, from Old Dutch *blāo, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bhlēw-, *bhlāw-, from Proto-Indo-European *bhel-.
Noun
belau (first-person possessive belauku, second-person possessive belaumu, third-person possessive belaunya)
- blue washing powder.
- (colloquial) blue.
- Synonym: biru
Derived terms
Etymology 2
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Noun
belau (first-person possessive belauku, second-person possessive belaumu, third-person possessive belaunya)
- threadfin shad
- Synonym: beledang
- Bloch's gizzard shad
Further reading
- “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
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Dutch blauw, from Old Dutch *blāo, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bhlēw-, *bhlāw-, from Proto-Indo-European *bhel-.
Pronunciation
Adjective
belau (Jawi spelling بلاو)
- (Indonesia, Netherlands) blue (blue-colored)
Synonyms
Noun
belau (Jawi spelling بلاو, plural belau-belau, informal 1st possessive belauku, 2nd possessive belaumu, 3rd possessive belaunya)
- (Indonesia, Netherlands) blue (colour)
- Indonesian 2-syllable words
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Indonesian terms borrowed from Dutch
- Indonesian terms derived from Dutch
- Indonesian terms derived from Old Dutch
- Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
- Indonesian uncountable nouns
- Indonesian colloquialisms
- Malay terms derived from Dutch
- Malay terms derived from Old Dutch
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Malay 2-syllable words
- Malay terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Malay/əlau̯
- Rhymes:Malay/lau̯
- Rhymes:Malay/au̯
- Malay lemmas
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- Malay nouns
- ms:Blues
- ms:Colors