pulau

pulau (countable and uncountable, plural pulaus)

1. Alternative form of pilaf

Compare Malay pulau.

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

pulau

1. island (area of land surrounded by water)

• pulau buah (“orchard”)

From Malay pulau, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pulaw (compare Uneapa vulo (“land”), Ilocano puro, Sundanese pulo, Tagalog pulo).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpulau̯/

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• Hyphenation: pu‧lau
• Rhymes: -lau̯, -au̯, -u

pulau (plural pulau-pulau, first-person possessive pulauku, second-person possessive pulaumu, third-person possessive pulaunya)

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

• nusa

(Proper nouns):

• “pulau” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pulaw. Compare Uneapa vulo (“land”).

• IPA^(key): /pulau̯/
• Rhymes: -ulau̯, -lau̯, -au̯

pulau (Jawi spelling ڤولاو, plural pulau-pulau, informal 1st possessive pulauku, 2nd possessive pulaumu, 3rd possessive pulaunya)

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

   Synonym: nusa

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

pulau (Jawi spelling ڤولاو)

1. to ostracise; to ignore

   Aqil dipulau oleh rakan sekelasnya.

   Aqil is being ostracised by his classmates.

• palau (colloquial, nonstandard)

• “pulau” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pulaw.

pulau

1. island