pulau

Brunei Malay

Etymology

Compare Malay pulau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pulaw/
• Hyphenation: pu‧lau

Noun

pulau

1. island (area of land surrounded by water)

Derived terms

• pulau buah (“orchard”)

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay pulau, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pulaw (compare Uneapa vulo (“land”), Ilocano puro, Sundanese pulo, Tagalog pulo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpulau̯/
• Hyphenation: pu‧lau
• Rhymes: -lau̯, -au̯, -u

Noun

pulau (plural pulau-pulau, first-person possessive pulauku, second-person possessive pulaumu, third-person possessive pulaunya)

1. island (area of land completely surrounded by water)

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• memulaukan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• pemulauan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• kepulauan (“archipelago”) [abstract / locative] (ke-an)

(Proper nouns):

• Pulau Man

 

Further reading

• “pulau” 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.

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Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pulaw. Compare Uneapa vulo (“land”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pulau̯/
• Rhymes: -ulau̯, -lau̯, -au̯

Noun

pulau (Jawi spelling ڤولاو, plural pulau-pulau, informal 1st possessive pulauku, 2nd possessive pulaumu, 3rd possessive pulaunya)

1. island (area of land completely surrounded by water)

   Synonym: nusa

Derived terms

• kepulauan

 

Descendants

• Indonesian: pulau
• → Min Nan: 浮爐／浮炉 (phû-lô͘)

Verb

pulau (Jawi spelling ڤولاو)

1. to ostracise; to ignore

   Aqil dipulau oleh rakan sekelasnya.

   Aqil is being ostracised by his classmates.

Derived terms

• dipulau
• dipulaukan
• memulau
• memulaukan
• pemulauan

 

Alternative forms

• palau (colloquial, nonstandard)

Further reading

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