kedelai

Inherited from Malay kedelai, from Tamil கடலை (kaṭalai, “chickpea”). Compare Kannada ಕಡಲೆ (kaḍale).

• IPA^(key): [kədəˈlai̯]
• Hyphenation: kê‧dê‧lai

kêdêlai (first-person possessive kedelaiku, second-person possessive kedelaimu, third-person possessive kedelainya)

1. soybean (Glycine max).

• kedele

• “kedelai” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

• keledai

From Tamil கடலை (kaṭalai, “chickpea”).

kedelai (Jawi spelling کدلاي‎, plural kedelai-kedelai, informal 1st possessive kedelaiku, 2nd possessive kedelaimu, 3rd possessive kedelainya)

1. (archaic) soybean, Glycine max.

   Synonym: soya

2. (obsolete) Job's tears

   Synonyms: jelai, enjelai

• Hoogervorst, Tom (2015), “Detecting pre-modern lexical influence from South India in Maritime Southeast Asia”, in Archipel‎, volume 89, pages 63-93
• Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “کدلي kĕdĕlei”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 79
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “کدلي kĕdĕlai”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 96
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “kĕdĕlai”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages 526

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