pemali

From Proto-Malayic *pali (“taboo”) through the addition of the fossilized infix -um-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *palihi, from Proto-Austronesian *paliSi (“taboo, ritual restriction; purifying rite”).

• IPA^(key): /pəmali/
• Rhymes: -əmali, -mali, -ali, -li, -i

pemali (Jawi spelling ڤمالي)

1. taboo

   Synonyms: larangan, pantang larang

   Salah satu pemali masyarakat Melayu ialah kita tidak boleh menerima barang dengan tangan kiri.

   One taboo in Malay society is that you can't receive things with your left hand.

• Indonesian: pemali
• → Bima: pamali

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