telu

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See also: teļu, tĕlu, tělu, and телу

Bakumpai[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu.

Numeral[edit]

telu

  1. three

Brooke's Point Palawano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Austronesian *təlu.

Numeral[edit]

telu

  1. three

Iban[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayic *təlur, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qitəluʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *qiCəluʀ.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /təluʔ/
  • Hyphenation: te‧lu
  • Rhymes: -lu

Noun[edit]

telu

  1. egg; roe; spawn.
  2. (slang, possibly offensive) testicles.

Javanese[edit]

Javanese cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : telu

Alternative forms[edit]

  • tiga (Krama Register)

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Austronesian *təlu.

Numeral[edit]

telu

  1. three (Ngoko Register)

Maguindanao[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Austronesian *təlu.

Numeral[edit]

tëlu (Jawi spelling تلو)

  1. three

Malay[edit]

Malay cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : telu

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayic *təlu, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *təlu, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *təlu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Austronesian *təlu.

First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683 AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (tlu).

Pronunciation[edit]

Numeral[edit]

telu (Jawi spelling تلو)

  1. (obsolete) three
    • 683, Kedukan Bukit Inscription:
      dua ratus cāra di sāmvau daṅan jālan sarivu tlu ratus sapulu dua vañakña dātaṃ di mukha upaṃ
      as many as two-hundred in dugouts, with one-thousand, three hundred and twelve foot soldiers.

Synonyms[edit]

Slovak[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

telu

  1. dative singular of telo

Umbu-Ungu[edit]

Numeral[edit]

telu

  1. one; 1

Further reading[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

Chemical element
Te
Previous: antimon (Sb)
Next: iot (I)

Etymology[edit]

Ultimately from New Latin tellurium.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

telu

  1. tellurium

West Coast Bajau[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Austronesian *təlu.

Numeral[edit]

telu

  1. three