leluhur

Indonesian

Etymology

Initial partial reduplication of luhur (“esteemed; honorable”), borrowed from Javanese ꦊꦭꦸꦲꦸꦂ (leluhur).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ləˈluhur/ [ləˈlu.hʊr]
• Rhymes: -uhur
• Syllabification: le‧lu‧hur

Noun

lêluhur (plural leluhur-leluhur or para leluhur)

1. ancestor

   Synonyms: moyang, nenek moyang

Further reading

• “leluhur”, 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

leluhur

1. romanization of ꦊꦭꦸꦲꦸꦂ

Malay

Etymology

From Javanese ꦊꦭꦸꦲꦸꦂ (leluhur).

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /ləluho(r)/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /ləluhʊ(r)/
• Rhymes: -uho(r), -ho(r), -o(r)

Noun

leluhur (Jawi spelling للوهور, plural leluhur-leluhur or leluhur²)

1. (Javanese) ancestor (one from whom a person is descended)

Synonyms

• nenek moyang

Further reading

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