belah

See also: Belah

English

Etymology

From Wiradjuri.

Noun

belah (uncountable)

1. beefwood

Anagrams

• Hable, Haleb, bleah, hable

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay belah, from Proto-Austronesian *bəlaq (“part of something split”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /bəˈlah/ [bəˈlah]
• Rhymes: -ah
• Syllabification: be‧lah

Noun

bêlah (plural belah-belah)

1. crack, slit, cleavage
2. divided
3. side, part
4. side, party

Verb

bêlah (active membelah, passive dibelah)

1. to split, to crack

   Synonym: pecah

2. to divide

   Synonym: bagi

Derived terms

Affixations

• belahan
• berbelah
• berbelah-belah
• berbelahan
• bersebelahan
• dibelah
• membelah
• menyebelah
• menyebelahi
• menyebelahkan
• pembelah
• pembelahan
• sebelah
• sebelah-menyebelah
• terbelah

Compounds

• belah betung
• belah buluh
• belah dada
• belah duren
• belah ketupat
• belah krol
• belah mulut

Further reading

• “belah”, 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

Malay

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *bəlaq (“part of something split”). Cognate with Javanese belah.

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety, /a/-variety, Baku, Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /bəˈlah/ [bəˈlah]
• Rhymes: -əlah, -lah, -ah

• Audio (Malaysia):

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• Hyphenation: be‧lah

Noun

belah (Jawi spelling بله, plural belah-belah or belah²)

1. a split; a crack; a fissure.

   Terdapat belah pada dinding rumah itu.

   There is a crack on the wall of the house.

2. side; one of a pair. (Used as a numeral classifier for things that come in pairs or have distinct sides).

   Rumahnya terletak di belah sana sungai.

   His house is located on the other side of the river.

Verb

belah (Jawi spelling بله, active membelah, third-person passive dibelah)

1. (intransitive) to split

Derived terms

Affixations

• belahan (“split; cleavage; hemisphere”)
• berbelah (“split; divided”)
• dibelah (“to be split”)
• membelah (“to split; to cleave; to cut”)
• menyebelah (“to side with”)
• menyebelahi (“to side with; to support”)
• pembelah
• pembelahan (“fission; splitting”)
• sebelah (“side; half; neighbour”)
• sebelah-menyebelah (“side by side; on both sides”)
• terbelah (“split (state)”)

Compounds

• belah bagi (“divided (loyalty/feelings)”)
• belah bahagi (“division (math)”)

Descendants

• > Indonesian: belah (inherited)

Further reading

• "belah" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *belaq