salju

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay salju (Standard Malay salji), from Classical Malay ثلجي (salju), ثلجي (salji), from Arabic ثَلْج (ṯalj). Cognate of Javanese ꦱꦭ꧀ꦗꦸ (salju) and Sundanese ᮞᮜ᮪ᮏᮥ (salju).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsald͡ʒu/ [ˈsal.d͡ʒu]

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• Rhymes: -ald͡ʒu
• Syllabification: sal‧ju

Noun

salju (first-person possessive saljuku, second-person possessive saljumu, third-person possessive saljunya)

1. snow

Alternative forms

• salji (Malaysia, Singapore)

Derived terms

• bersalju
• menyalju

 

• salju baru
• salju embus
• salju lama
• salju layang
• salju melalang
• salju tiupan
• salju tua

 

Further reading

• “salju” 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.

Javanese

Romanization

salju

1. Romanization of ꦱꦭ꧀ꦗꦸ

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic ثَلْج (ṯalj). Doublet of salji.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsald͡ʒu/
• Rhymes: -d͡ʒu, -u
• Hyphenation: sal‧ju

Noun

salju (Jawi spelling ثلجو, plural salju-salju, informal 1st possessive saljuku, 2nd possessive saljumu, 3rd possessive saljunya)

1. (poetic) snow

References

• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “salji or salju”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 373

Further reading

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

Sundanese

Romanization

salju

1. Romanization of ᮞᮜ᮪ᮏᮥ