jalu

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒalu/ [ˈd͡ʒa.lu]
• Rhymes: -alu
• Syllabification: ja‧lu

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Javanese ꦗꦭꦸ (jalu, “spur”), from Old Javanese jalu (“male; man, husband”).

Noun

jalu (plural jalu-jalu)

1. spur

   Synonyms: susuh, susuk, taji

Derived terms

• menjalu

Related terms

• jantan

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Malay [Term?].

Verb

jalu

1. (dialectal, Riau) to sleepwalk

Further reading

• “jalu”, 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

jalu

1. romanization of ꦗꦭꦸ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baluN (“bind, bundle”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒa.lu/
• Rhymes: -lu
• Hyphenation: ja‧lu

Noun

jalu

1. male
2. man, husband

Derived terms

• ajalu
• jantĕn
• kajalwan
• makajalu
• pañjalu

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦗꦭꦸ (jalu, “spur”)
  • → Indonesian: jalu (“spur”)
• → Sundanese: jalu (“male (animal)”)

Further reading

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

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

jalu (Cyrillic spelling јалу)

1. dative/locative singular of jal

Sundanese

Etymology

From Old Javanese jalu (“male; man; husband”).

Noun

jalu (Sundanese script ᮏᮜᮥ)

1. a male (plant or animal)

   Antonym: bikang

   embé jalu ― billy goat

Further reading

• "DJALOE", in Coolsma, S (1913), Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French jaloux

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɧaˈlʉː/

Adjective

jalu (comparative jaluare, superlative jaluast)

1. (dated) jealous