selat
See also: selät
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selat
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Etymology 1 edit
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selat (first-person possessive selatku, second-person possessive selatmu, third-person possessive selatnya)
- strait (narrow channel of water)
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Etymology 2 edit
From Minangkabau [Term?].
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selat (first-person possessive selatku, second-person possessive selatmu, third-person possessive selatnya)
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Etymology 3 edit
From Javanese ꦱꦼꦭꦠ꧀ (selat), from Dutch salade, from Middle French salade, from Italian salata. Doublet of selada.
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selat (first-person possessive selatku, second-person possessive selatmu, third-person possessive selatnya)
- (cooking) a Javanese dish influenced by Western cuisine; consists of braised beef tenderloin served in thin watery sauce made from a mixture of garlic, vinegar, kecap manis (sweet soy sauce), Worcestershire sauce, water, and spiced with nutmeg and black pepper.
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- “selat” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay edit
Etymology edit
From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *selat (“narrow opening or passage between two things”). Cognates include Tagalog silat.
Noun edit
selat (Jawi spelling سلت, plural selat-selat, informal 1st possessive selatku, 2nd possessive selatmu, 3rd possessive selatnya)
- strait (narrow channel of water)
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Further reading edit
- “selat” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.