belat

See also: bělat and bêlât

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bəˈlat]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [beˈlat]
• Rhymes: -at

Participle

belat (feminine belada, masculine plural belats, feminine plural belades)

1. past participle of belar

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay belat, probably from Dutch blad (“blade”, literally “leaf”), from Middle Dutch blat, from Old Dutch *blat, from Proto-West Germanic *blad, from Proto-Germanic *bladą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlh̥₃oto, from *bʰleh₃-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bəˈlat̚]
• Hyphenation: bê‧lat
• Rhymes: -lat, -at, -t

Noun

belat (plural belat-belat)

1. a type of bamboo screen for fish trap
2. splint

   Synonyms: bidai, kerai

3. (dialect) screen for carrying rice

Further reading

• “belat”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Keley-I Kallahan

Noun

belat

1. (anatomy) skin

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbelat/ [ˈbɛː.lɐt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -elat
• Syllabification: be‧lat

Interjection

belat (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜆ᜔)

1. exclamation indicating how misfortune is well-deserved by the person spoken to: serves you right! you deserve it!

   Synonyms: buti nga sa iyo, hilat, buti nga, hirat