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alur.

groove

4 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈalur/Standard-Indonesian[ˈa.lʊr]Standard-Indonesian
  1. groove

  2. way, mannerism

  3. ellipsis of alur cerita (“plot (of a story)”)

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis
  4. ellipsis of alur air (“water source located in the middle of agricultural land, i.e. irrigation”)

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis
  5. narrow path on the river during the dry season that must be crossed

    dialectal
  6. unidirectional water wave movement

    dialectal
  7. water source located in the middle of agricultural land

    dialectal
  8. a boat game that is competed in groups, done by riding on tree trunks that are floated in the water and then rowed upstream or downstream, the winner is the team that reaches the destination the fastest

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay alur, from Proto-Malayic *halur, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaluʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *qaluR, from the root *-luʀ. * Semantic loan from Tunjung [Term?].

noun/ˈalur/Standard-Indonesian[ˈa.lʊr]Standard-Indonesian
  1. edible salty grass that grows in ponds

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Sundanese [Term?].

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