alih

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay alih, from Proto-Malayic *alih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aliq.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈalih/ [ˈa.lɪh]
• Rhymes: -alih
• Syllabification: a‧lih

Verb

alih

1. (intransitive, rare) synonym of pindah (“to move, change place”); to wend
2. (in compound) trans-, re- shift

Conjugation

Conjugation of alih (ber-, intransitive, irregular)

root	alih
	active	passive		basic imperative	emphatic jussive
		reflective1	ordinary
	ordinary
nominative	beralih			alih
accusative / dative / locative
perfective causative / applicative2	mengalihkan	teralihkan	dialihkan	alihkan	alihkanlah
	causative
nominative
accusative / dative / locative
perfective causative / applicative2

¹ There is another form of reflective passive verb with affixation of ke- -an which is not included in the table. This form is only attested in active voice without causative affixation of per-.
² The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

• beralih
• mengalih
• mengalihkan
• pengalihan
• peralihan
• teralih

• alih aksara
• alih bahasa
• alih bentuk
• alih generasi
• alih huruf
• alih kebudayaan
• alih kecek
• alih kedudukan
• alih kode
• alih kredit
• alih luar
• alih muatan
• alih paket
• alih profesi
• alih ragam
• alih sakit
• alih suara
• alih tanam
• alih teknologi
• alih tempat
• alih tulisan
• alih wilayah

Further reading

• “alih”, 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
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*aliq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Javanese

Romanization

alih

1. romanization of ꦲꦭꦶꦃ

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *alih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aliq.

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety, Northern Peninsular Malay) IPA^(key): /aleh/
  • (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): [a.leh]
  • (Northern Peninsular Malay) IPA^(key): [a.lɛh]
  • Rhymes: -leh, -eh
• (Baku) IPA^(key): /alih/
  • (Baku) IPA^(key): [a.lɪh]
  • Rhymes: -lih, -ih
• Hyphenation: a‧lih

Verb

alih (Jawi spelling اليه, used in the form beralih)

1. (intransitive) to shift, to turn, to move (to change place or posture; to go)

Derived terms

Affixations

• beralih (“to shift; to change direction/topic”)
• dialih (“to be moved; to be diverted”)
• mengalih (“to move; to shift”)
• mengalihkan (“to move something; to divert”)
• pengalihan (“diversion; transfer”)
• peralihan (“transition; changeover; shift (e.g. of power, state of matter)”)

Compounds

• alih bahasa (“translate; dub”)
• alih ganti (“substitute”)
• alih suara (“dub (voiceover)”)
• ambil alih (“take over”)
• mudah alih, mudalih (“portable”)

Further reading

• "alih" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aliq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alɪh/

Numeral

alih

1. two

Derived terms

• akālihan
• aṅālihi
• kakalihan
• kalih
• kalih-kalihan
• kinālihan
• kālih
• kālih-kālih
• miṅkalihi
• palih
• piniṅkalihan
• piṅkalih

• alih siki

Noun

alih

1. moving
2. changing

Derived terms

• amalih-malih
• apaṅalih
• aṅalih
• aṅalihakĕn
• aṅalihi
• inalih
• inalihakĕn
• malih
• mālih
• palih
• umalih

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦲꦭꦶꦃ (alih)

Further reading

• "alih" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Sundanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aliq.

Verb

alih (Sundanese script ᮃᮜᮤᮂ)

1. (intransitive) to move (to change place or posture; to go)

Further reading

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*aliq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI