pulau

English

Noun

pulau (countable and uncountable, plural pulaus)

1. Alternative form of pilaf.

Brunei Malay

Etymology

Compare Malay pulau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pulaw/
• Hyphenation: pu‧lau

Noun

pulau

1. island (area of land surrounded by water)

Derived terms

• pulau buah (“orchard”)

Indonesian

Suatu pulau.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈpulau̯/ [ˈpu.lau̯]

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• Rhymes: -ulau̯
• Syllabification: pu‧lau

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay pulau, from Proto-Malayic *pulaw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pulaw.

Cognates

Cognate with Minangkabau pulau, Sundanese pulo, Balinese pulo, Javanese ꦥꦸꦭꦺꦴ (pulo), Uneapa vulo.

Noun

pulau (plural pulau-pulau)

1. island (a contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, totally surrounded by water)

   Synonyms: dwipa, nusa

Derived terms

Affixations

• berkepulauan
• kepulauan
• memulaukan
• pemulauan
• terpulau

Compounds

• pulau buatan
• Pulau Dewata
• pulau es
• Pulau Garam
• Pulau Harapan
• pulau jalan
• pulau karang
• pulau kecil
• pulau lalu lintas
• pulau Langerhans
• Pulau Mansinam
• Pulau Natal
• pulau panas perkotaan
• pulau penghalang
• Pulau Perca
• pulau reklamasi
• pulau resor
• pulau samudra
• pulau seberang
• Pulau Seribu Masjid
• Pulau Tasmania
• pulau terapung
• pulau terasing
• pulau terdepan
• pulau terluar
• pulau terpencil
• pulau tropis
• pulau vulkanik

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ngaju [Term?]

Noun

pulau (plural pulau-pulau)

1. clumps of wood of the same type in the forest

Further reading

• “pulau”, 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-Malayo-Polynesian *pulaw. Compare Uneapa vulo (“land”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpulaw/ [ˈpu.lau̯]
• Rhymes: -ulau̯, -lau̯, -au̯
• Hyphenation: pu‧lau

Noun

pulau (Jawi spelling ڤولاو, plural pulau-pulau or pulau²)

1. island (area of land completely surrounded by water)

   Synonym: nusa

Derived terms

• kepulauan

Descendants

• Indonesian: pulau
• → Min Nan: 浮爐／浮炉 (phû-lô͘)

Verb

pulau (Jawi spelling ڤولاو)

1. to ostracise; to ignore

   Aqil dipulau oleh rakan sekelasnya.

   Aqil is being ostracised by his classmates.

Alternative forms

• palau (colloquial, nonstandard)

Derived terms

• dipulau
• dipulaukan
• memulau
• memulaukan
• pemulauan

Further reading

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

Minangkabau

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pulaw.

Noun

pulau

1. island