"dalih" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Indonesian]

IPA: [ˈda.lɪh] Forms: dalih-dalih [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Malay dalih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dalih (“be the reason for an action”). Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|id|ms|dalih|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Malay dalih, {{inh+|id|ms|dalih}} Inherited from Malay dalih, {{inh|id|poz-pro|*dalih||be the reason for an action}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dalih (“be the reason for an action”) Head templates: {{id-noun}} dalih (plural dalih-dalih)
  1. pretext
    Sense id: en-dalih-id-noun-3OKtVLhi Categories (other): Indonesian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Indonesian entries with incorrect language header: 49 51
  2. excuse, quibble
    Sense id: en-dalih-id-noun-2PSO2nAP Categories (other): Indonesian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Indonesian entries with incorrect language header: 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: berdalih, berdalih-dalih, mendalih, mendalihkan

Noun [Malay]

Forms: داليه [Jawi], dalih-dalih [plural], dalih² [plural]
Rhymes: -eh Etymology: From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dalih (“be the reason for an action”) (see also Tagalog dahil (“because; reason”)) - semantic shift perhaps with displacement of loaned kerana, sebab and pasal taking place of meaning niche. Etymology templates: {{inh|ms|poz-pro|*dalih||be the reason for an action}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dalih (“be the reason for an action”), {{cog|tl|dahil|t=because; reason}} Tagalog dahil (“because; reason”) Head templates: {{ms-noun|j=داليه}} dalih (Jawi spelling داليه, plural dalih-dalih or dalih²)
  1. pretext
    Sense id: en-dalih-ms-noun-3OKtVLhi
  2. excuse, quibble, subterfuge Synonyms: alasan
    Sense id: en-dalih-ms-noun-FqtIbh0p

Verb [Malay]

Forms: mendalih [canonical]
Rhymes: -eh Etymology: From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dalih (“be the reason for an action”) (see also Tagalog dahil (“because; reason”)) - semantic shift perhaps with displacement of loaned kerana, sebab and pasal taking place of meaning niche. Etymology templates: {{inh|ms|poz-pro|*dalih||be the reason for an action}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dalih (“be the reason for an action”), {{cog|tl|dahil|t=because; reason}} Tagalog dahil (“because; reason”) Head templates: {{head|ms|verb|head=mendalih}} mendalih
  1. to blame, to reproach Synonyms: salahkan Derived forms: pendalih [agentive (alt: peN-), qualitative (peN-) (alt: peN-), instrumental (peN-) (alt: peN-), abstract (peN-) (alt: peN-), measure] (peN-) (alt: peN-), mendalih [agent focus] (alt: meN-), mendalihkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (english: meN- + -kan), berdalih [stative (alt: beR-), habitual] (beR-) (alt: beR-)
    Sense id: en-dalih-ms-verb-GtVBJ2Xe Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Malay entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 8 7 8 6 70 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 4 5 4 83 Disambiguation of Malay entries with incorrect language header: 7 7 86

Alternative forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-03-16 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-03-03 using wiktextract (bdd14c0 and 9d9a410). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.