lurah
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay lurah (“valley; groove”). Semantic loan from Javanese ꦭꦸꦫꦃ (lurah, “village chief”, literally “chief”) for a fourth-level administrative division chief executive officer, from Old Javanese lurah (“chief, officer, head; region, province”, literally “ravine, gorge, valley, depth”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlu.rah/
- Rhymes: -rah, -ah, -h
- Hyphenation: lu‧rah
Noun
lurah (plural para lurah, lurah-lurah, first-person possessive lurahku, second-person possessive lurahmu, third-person possessive lurahnya)
- (government) The chief executive officer in a subdistrict, a fourth-level administrative division, kelurahan, in Indonesia.
Derived terms
- kelurahan
Noun
lurah (plural lurah-lurah, first-person possessive lurahku, second-person possessive lurahmu, third-person possessive lurahnya)
- valley
- Synonyms: lembah, jurang
- groove
- Synonym: alur
Derived terms
- berlurah
- lurah hidung
Further reading
- “lurah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.