belisah

Malay

Etymology

Doublet of gelisah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bə.li.sah/
• Rhymes: -sah, -ah

Adjective

belisah (Jawi spelling بليسه)

1. restless; fidgety

Descendants

• → Banjarese: balisah
• → Cebuano: balisa
• → Gorontalo: balisa
• → Kapampangan: balisa
• → Ngaju: balisa
• → Old Javanese: balisah
• → Pamona: walisa
• → Tae': balisa
• → Tagalog: balisa
• → Toba Batak: balisa

Further reading

• Wilkinson, Richard James. An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary. Macmillan. 1965.