tuala

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Portuguese toalha. Compare Tagalog tuwalya, Spanish toalla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuala/, /twala/
• Hyphenation: tu‧a‧la, tua‧la

Noun

tuala

1. towel (cloth used for wiping)

Central Melanau

Etymology

From Malay tuala, from Portuguese toalha. Compare Tagalog tuwalya, Spanish toalla.

Noun

tuala

1. towel (cloth used for wiping)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay tuala, from Portuguese toalha. Compare Tagalog tuwalya, Spanish toalla.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /tuˈala/ [t̪uˈa.la]
• Rhymes: -ala
• Syllabification: tu‧a‧la

Noun

tuala (plural tuala-tuala)

1. (rare) towel

   Synonym: handuk

Further reading

• “tuala”, 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 Portuguese toalha. Compare Tagalog tuwalya, Spanish toalla.

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /ˈtualə/ [ˈt̪wa.lə]
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /ˈtuala/ [ˈt̪wa.la]
• Rhymes: -alə, -lə, -ə

• Audio (Malaysia):

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• Rhymes: -a

Noun

tuala (Jawi spelling توالا, plural tuala-tuala or tuala²)

1. towel (cloth used for wiping)

Synonyms

• (Indonesia) handuk

Descendants

• Indonesian: tuala
• → Central Melanau: tuala

Further reading

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

Ternate

Etymology

From Malay tuala, from Portuguese toalha. Compare Tagalog tuwalya, Spanish toalla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tu.ˈa.la]

Noun

tuala

1. a headkerchief

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh