beledu
Indonesian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Portuguese veludo, from Spanish velludo, from Catalan vellut, from Late Latin villutus, from Latin villus (“hair”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bêlêdu (first-person possessive beleduku, second-person possessive beledumu, third-person possessive beledunya)
- (archaic) velvet: A closely woven fabric (originally of silk, now also of cotton or man-made fibres) with a thick short pile on one side.
Further reading edit
- “beledu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.