The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Value alur

Language:
Malay
Parameter:
groove; cutting; furrow. With many varying or local applications: (Johore) the main channel of a stream between the mudbanks on either side; (Pahang) any channel in river or sea, and even a dry torrent-bed if water flows there sometimes; (Kedah) hollow or backwater scooped out by a stream, the main channel being ; (Minangkabau) channel, e.g. of relationship, and even of a wife "scooping" money out of her husband; furrow, beaten path made by wild animals [d05795a14d183543bd7b7c1f9dfbdbcf]
References
Wilkinson 1959