telu

See also: teļu, tĕlu, tělu, and телу

Bakumpai

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu.

Numeral

telu

1. three

Brooke's Point Palawano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Austronesian *təlu.

Numeral

telu

1. three

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *təlur, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qitəluʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *qiCəluʀ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təluʔ/
• Hyphenation: te‧lu
• Rhymes: -lu

Noun

telu

1. egg; roe; spawn.
2. (slang, possibly offensive) testicles.

Javanese

Romanization

telu

1. Romanization of ꦠꦼꦭꦸ

Maguindanao

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Austronesian *təlu.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Maguindanaon) IPA^(key): /təˈlu/ [ʈɨˈɭ̆u]
• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: te‧lu

Numeral

tëlú (Jawi spelling تؕلُ)

1. three

Malay

Malay cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : telu

Alternative forms

• tĕlu

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *təlu, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *təlu, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *təlu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Austronesian *təlu.

First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683 AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (tlu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təlu/
• Rhymes: -əlu, -lu, -u

Numeral

telu (Jawi spelling تلو)

1. (obsolete) three
   • 683, Kedukan Bukit Inscription:

     dua ratus cāra di sāmvau daṅan jālan sarivu tlu ratus sapulu dua vañakña dātaṃ di mukha upaṃ

     as many as two-hundred in dugouts, with one-thousand, three hundred and twelve foot soldiers.

Synonyms

• tiga / تيݢ
• tri (tri-) / تري (تري-)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcɛɫu/

Noun

telu

1. dative singular of telo

Umbu-Ungu

Numeral

telu

1. one; 1

Further reading

• https://web.archive.org/web/20170516185153/http://www.ioling.org/booklets/iol-2012-indiv-sol.en.pdf
• http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/20705085.pdf

Vietnamese

Chemical element
Te
Previous: antimon (Sb)
Next: iot (I)

Etymology

Ultimately from New Latin tellurium.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tɛ˧˧ lu˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tɛ˧˧ lʊw˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tɛ˧˧ lʊw˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: te lu

Noun

telu

1. tellurium

West Coast Bajau

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Austronesian *təlu.

Numeral

telu

1. three