belah

See also: Belah

English

Etymology

From Wiradhuri.

Noun

belah (uncountable)

1. beefwood

Anagrams

• Hable, Haleb, bleah, hable

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Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *bəlaq (“part of something split”). Cognate with Javanese belah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəlah/
• Rhymes: -əlah, -lah, -ah

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Verb

belah (Jawi spelling بله‎)

1. to split

   Pak Tua membelah papan kayu itu dengan tangannya sahaja.

   Uncle Tua split that wooden board with only his hands.

Derived terms

• belahan
• dibelah
• membelah
• pembelah
• pembelahan

 

Descendants

• Indonesian: belah

Further reading

• “belah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *belaq