sulur

Inherited from Malay sulur

sulur (plural sulur-sulur)

1. tendril, runner, shoot
2. aerial roots, roots that grow from branches (such as on a banyan tree)

• “sulur”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sulur (compare Hawaiian ulu).

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /suloɾ/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /sulʊr/
• Rhymes: -uloɾ, -loɾ, -oɾ

sulur (Jawi spelling سولور)

1. to grow upwards (shoot or bud).

• “sulur”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

sulur f

1. (nonstandard) indefinite plural of sulu