lalu

See also: Lalu

Iban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lalu]
• Hyphenation: la‧lu
• Rhymes: -lu

Adverb

lalu

1. then (soon afterwards)

Verb

lalu

1. to walk through

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• laloe (1901–1947, 1947–1972)

Etymology

Inherited from Malay lalu.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈlalu/ [ˈla.lu]
• Rhymes: -alu
• Syllabification: la‧lu

Adjective

lalu (comparative lebih lalu, superlative paling lalu)

1. past
   1. having already happened; in the past
   2. of a period of time: having just gone by; previous
2. last (most recent; latest; last so far)
3. done; finished (having completed or finished an activity)

Adverb

lalu

1. then

   Synonym: kemudian

   1. soon afterward
   2. next in order of place

Verb

lalu (intransitive, rare)

1. to pass

   Synonym: berlalu

   1. to go past, by, over, or through; to proceed from one side to the other of; to move past
   2. (of time) to elapse, to be spent

Derived terms

Affixations

• berkelaluan
• berlalu (“ to pass; to go through; to die”)
• kelaluan
• keterlaluan (“outrageous; unreasonable”)
• laluan (“passageway; passage”)
• lalui
• melalukan
• selalu (“always”)
• terlalu (“too; excessive; very”)

Compounds

• lalu lintas (“traffic”)

Further reading

• “lalu”, 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

Malay

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety, /a/-variety, Literary Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈlalu/ [ˈla.lu]
• Rhymes: -lu, -u
• Hyphenation: la‧lu

Verb

lalu (Jawi spelling لالو, active melalu, third-person passive dilalu)

1. to pass; to go past; to pass by.

   Synonyms: limpas, lintas

   Bas itu baru sahaja lalu.

   The bus just passed by.

   Tumpang lalu.

   Excuse me (literally: hitch a pass).

2. to be able to; to have the appetite to (usually used in the negative form regarding food).

   Synonyms: selera, sanggup

   Saya tidak lalu makan kerana demam. ― I have no appetite to eat because of the fever.

Adjective

lalu (Jawi spelling لالو, comparative lebih lalu, superlative paling lalu)

1. past; last; ago (of time).

   Synonym: lepas

   Dia datang pada minggu lalu.

   He came last week.

   Lupakanlah perkara yang lalu.

   Forget about past matters.

Conjunction

lalu (Jawi spelling لالو)

1. then; and then; subsequently.

   Synonyms: kemudian, lantas

   Dia mengambil kunci lalu keluar dari rumah.

   He took the keys and then went out of the house.

Derived terms

Affixations

• berlalu (“to pass; to elapse; to leave”)
• keterlaluan (“excessiveness; too much”)
• laluan (“lane, route”)
• melalui (“to go through; via; to undergo”)
• melaluinya (“through it”)
• selalu (“always”)
• terlalu (“too; excessive; very”)

Compounds

• lalu lintas (“traffic”)
• tumpang lalu (“excuse me (passing)”)

Descendants

• > Indonesian: lalu (inherited)

References

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “لالو laloe”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 114
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “لالو lalu”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 592
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “lalu”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 9

Further reading

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

Nakanai

Noun

lalu

1. water

References

• Malcolm Ross, Andrew Pawley et Meredith Osmond (eds), The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic: The physical environment, Pacific Linguistics, 545-2. Australian National University, Canberra, 2003, page 59.
• Juliann Spencer, Sara Van Cott et Bonnie MacKenzie, A Sociolinguistic Survey of Bebeli, page 80, 2013

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.lu/
• Rhymes: -alu
• Syllabification: la‧lu

Noun

lalu f

1. vocative singular of lala