See boleh on Wiktionary
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"english": "derogatory term for Malaysia",
"word": "Bolehland"
},
{
"english": "Malaysia can do it",
"word": "Malaysia Boleh"
},
{
"word": "tak boleh niaga"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "id",
"2": "boleh"
},
"expansion": "Indonesian: boleh",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Indonesian: boleh"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ms",
"2": "poz-mly-pro",
"3": "*mAɣ-ulih"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Malayic *mAɣ-ulih",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ms",
"2": "beroleh"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of beroleh",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From earlier bulih. The derivation can be reconstructed from Proto-Malayic *mAɣ-ulih via these stages: *mAɣ-ulih > *mar-ulih > *bar-ulih > *bər-ulih (>> beroleh) > *brulih > bulih > boleh, from which the verb was derived. Doublet of beroleh, see also oleh.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "بوليه",
"tags": [
"Jawi"
]
},
{
"form": "bulih",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"j": "بوليه"
},
"expansion": "boleh (Jawi spelling بوليه)",
"name": "ms-verb"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"bo‧leh"
],
"lang": "Malay",
"lang_code": "ms",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Malay auxiliary verbs",
"Malay terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_english_offsets": [
[
2,
5
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
5,
10
]
],
"english": "I can sing.",
"text": "Saya boleh menyanyi.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To be able to; can."
],
"links": [
[
"be able to",
"be able to"
],
[
"can",
"can"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(auxiliary) To be able to; can."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "dapat"
},
{
"word": "mampu"
},
{
"word": "bisa"
}
],
"tags": [
"auxiliary"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Malay auxiliary verbs",
"Malay terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_english_offsets": [
[
0,
3
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
0,
5
]
],
"english": "May I go to the toilet?",
"text": "Bolehkah saya pergi ke tandas?",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To have permission to; may, can."
],
"links": [
[
"permission",
"permission"
],
[
"may",
"may"
],
[
"can",
"can"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(auxiliary) To have permission to; may, can."
],
"tags": [
"auxiliary"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Malay terms with obsolete senses",
"Malay terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_english_offsets": [
[
24,
32
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
12,
17
]
],
"english": "The king said, have you acquired the kris?.",
"text": "Titah raja, bolehkah keris itu?",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To acquire."
],
"links": [
[
"acquire",
"acquire"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) To acquire."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "beroleh"
}
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[bo.leh]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-leh"
},
{
"rhymes": "-eh"
}
],
"word": "boleh"
}
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