ilat

See also: ílat and ílát

Banjarese

Etymology

Probably from Old Javanese ilat, hilat (“tongue”).

Noun

ilat

1. tongue

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪlat̚/
• Rhymes: -ɪlat, -lat, -at, -t
• Hyphenation: ilat

Etymology 1

From Arabic عِلَّة (ʕilla, “defect; reason”).

Noun

ilat (first-person possessive ilatku, second-person possessive ilatmu, third-person possessive ilatnya)

1. (dialect) loss

   Synonym: kerugian

2. (dialect) accident

   Synonym: kecelakaan

3. (dialect) misfortune

   Synonym: kemalangan

4. (dialect) sickness

   Synonym: kesakitan

Conjunction

ilat

1. (dialect) because

   Synonyms: lantaran, sebab

Adjective

ilat

1. (dialect) sick

   Synonym: sakit

Alternative forms

• ilah

Etymology 2

From Sundanese ᮄᮜᮒ᮪ (ilat, “tongue”), probably from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilat (“to lick”). Cognate of Javanese ꦲꦶꦭꦠ꧀ (ilat, “tongue”), Old Javanese ilat, hilat (“tongue”).

Noun

ilat (first-person possessive ilatku, second-person possessive ilatmu, third-person possessive ilatnya)

1. (dialect) blade: the sharp cutting edge of a knife, chisel, or other tool, a razor blade/sword.

   Synonym: bilah

2. hollow tool in the resonator of the kecapi for inserting the ends of the tension shafts of the strings

Further reading

• “ilat” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

ilat

1. Romanization of ꦲꦶꦭꦠ꧀

Old Javanese

Etymology

Probably from earlier Old Javanese dilat (“tongue”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq (“tongue”) (compare to Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilat, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilap (“to lick”)), from Proto-Austronesian *dilaq (“to lick”).

Noun

ilat

1. tongue

   Synonyms: dilat, jihwā, liḍah

Alternative forms

• hilat

Derived terms

• aṅilat-ilat
• ilat-ilat

 

Related terms

• alad
• dilah
• dilat
• hilat

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦲꦶꦭꦠ꧀ (ilat, “tongue”)
• → Banjarese: ilat (“tongue”)
• → Sundanese: ᮄᮜᮒ᮪ (ilat, “tongue”)
  • → Indonesian: ilat (“blade”)

Sundanese

Romanization

ilat

1. Romanization of ᮄᮜᮒ᮪

Swedish

Verb

ilat

1. supine of ila

Anagrams

• lita

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔilat/ [ˈʔi.lɐt]
• Rhymes: -ilat
• Syllabification: i‧lat

Noun

ilat (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜎᜆ᜔)

1. dry bed of rivulet (easily flooded during rainy season)
2. estuary; creek (especially when dry or having just a little water)

   Synonym: estero

3. swamp; marshland