peluh

Iban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəluh/

Noun

peluh

1. sweat (bodily fluid ejected through the skin to cool down the body)

Derived terms

• bepeluh

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pə.ˈlʊh/
• Rhymes: -lʊh
• Hyphenation: pê‧luh

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay peluh (“sweat”).

Noun

pêloh (plural peluh-peluh)

1. sweat

   Synonym: keringat

Derived terms

• berpeluh
• berpeluh-peluh

• peluh dingin
• peluh seni

Etymology 2

Adjective

pêloh (comparative lebih peluh, superlative paling peluh)

1. alternative spelling of peloh

Further reading

• “peluh”, 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

From Proto-Malayic *pəluh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəluh/
• Rhymes: -əluh, -uh
• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): [pəlʊh, -oh, -o̞h]

Noun

peluh (Jawi spelling ڤلوه, plural peluh-peluh or peluh²)

1. sweat; bodily fluids ejected through the skin to cool down the body

   Synonym: keringat

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• berpeluh [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Descendants

• > Indonesian: peluh (inherited)

Further reading

• “peluh”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017