belah
See also: Belah
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 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