belah
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Wiradjuri.
Noun
[edit]belah (uncountable)
Anagrams
[edit]Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Malay belah, from Proto-Austronesian *bəlaq (“part of something split”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bêlah (plural belah-belah, first-person possessive belahku, second-person possessive belahmu, third-person possessive belahnya)
Verb
[edit]bêlah (base, imperative, colloquial belah, active membelah, ordinary passive dibelah, adversative passive terbelah)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “belah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Austronesian *bəlaq (“part of something split”). Cognate with Javanese belah.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]belah (Jawi spelling بله)
- to split
- Pak Tua membelah papan kayu itu dengan tangannya sahaja.
- Uncle Tua split that wooden board with only his hands.
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Indonesian: belah
Further reading
[edit]- “belah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
- Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *belaq
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