telu

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu.

telu

1. three

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

telu

1. three

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

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

telu

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

telu

1. Romanization of ꦠꦼꦭꦸ

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

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

tëlú (Jawi spelling تؕلُ)

1. three

• tĕlu

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).

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

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.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈcɛɫu/

telu

1. dative singular of telo

telu

1. one; 1

• 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

Ultimately from New Latin tellurium.

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

telu

1. tellurium

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

telu

1. three