nyali

Betawi

Etymology

Borrowed from Balinese nyali (“gall bladder”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɲali/
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: nya‧li

Noun

nyali

1. gall; bile

   Synonym: amperu

2. (figurative) empathy
3. (figurative) courage

Descendants

• → Indonesian: nyali

References

• Crawfurd, J. (1852), “Ñali”, in A grammar and dictionary of the Malay language, with a preliminary dissertation, volume II (in English), London: Smith, Elder & Co., page 121

Further reading

• Chaer, A. (2009) [1976], “nyali”, in Kamus dialek Jakarta [Dictionary of the Jakarta dialect], revised edition (in Indonesian), Depok: Masup Jakarta, →ISBN, page 314

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Balinese nyali (“bile, gall”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈɲali/ [ˈɲa.li]
• Rhymes: -ali
• Syllabification: nya‧li

Noun

nyali (plural nyali-nyali)

1. gall
   1. bile

      Synonym: empedu

   2. (phytopathology) blister or tumor-like growth found on the surface of plants; a bump-like imperfection resembling
2. (figurative) empathy
3. (figurative) courage

Derived terms

• bernyali

Further reading

• “nyali”, 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
• Mien A. Rifai; Ratna Siri Hadioetomo; Indrawati Ganjar (1992), Kamus Mikrobiologi [Dictionary of Microbiology] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, page 106: “nyali”