beli

See also: Appendix:Variations of "beli"

English

Noun

beli (plural belis)

1. Alternative form of bael.

Anagrams

• -ible, bile, Biel, Lieb

Balinese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bə.li/
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: be‧li

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəli, from Proto-Austronesian *bəli.

Verb

beli (Balinese script ᬩᭂᬮᬶ)

1. to buy

Etymology 2

Unknown, probably borrowed from Old Javanese wali (“person in-charge of ritual or ceremony”).

Noun

beli (Balinese script ᬩᭂᬮᬶ)

1. older brother
2. an older male person, to whom one has a close relation (e.g. husband, boyfriend, cousin)

   Beli Wayan, lakar kija. ― Wayan, where are you going?

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*beli”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Further reading

• “beli”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali]

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈbɛ.li]

Verb

beli

1. inflection of belar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Iban

Etymology 1

From Proto-Austronesian *bəli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəli/
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: be‧li

Verb

beli

1. to buy

Derived terms

• meli

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beliʔ/
• Hyphenation: be‧li

Adjective

beli

1. stupid, idiotic

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay beli, from Proto-Malayic *bəli, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bəli, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *bəli, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəli, from Proto-Austronesian *bəli.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /bəˈli/ [bəˈli]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: be‧li

Verb

beli (root imperative actor beli)

1. to buy (to obtain for money)

Conjugation

Conjugation of beli (meng-, transitive)

root	beli
	active	passive		basic imperative	emphatic jussive
		reflective1	ordinary
	ordinary
nominative	membeli	terbeli	dibeli	beli	belilah
accusative / dative / locative
perfective causative / applicative2	membelikan	terbelikan	dibelikan	belikan	belikanlah
	causative
nominative
accusative / dative / locative
perfective causative / applicative2

¹ There is another form of reflective passive verb with affixation of ke- -an which is not included in the table. This form is only attested in active voice without causative affixation of per-.
² The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

• belian
• berbeli-beli
• berbeli-belian
• membeli
• membeli-beli
• membelikan
• pembeli
• pembelian
• terbeli

• beli angsur
• beli kembali
• beli panik

Further reading

• “beli”, 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

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.li/
• Rhymes: -ɛli
• Hyphenation: bè‧li

Verb

beli

1. inflection of belare:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• bile

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Derived from English belly, from Middle English bely, beli, bali, below, belew, balyw, from Old English bielġ (“bag, pouch, bulge”), from Proto-West Germanic *balgi, *balgu, from Proto-Germanic *balgiz, *balguz (“skin, hide, bellows, bag”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (“to swell, blow up”).

Noun

beli (plural beli dem, quantified beli)

1. (anatomy) stomach
   • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 4:2:

     Afta Jiizas neehn nyam notn fi uol-a faati die an faati nait, im beli did a baal tu ou im onggri.

     After Jesus hadn't eaten anything for forty days and forty nights in a row, his stomach rumbled, due to how hungry he was.

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *bəli, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bəli, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *bəli, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəli, from Proto-Austronesian *bəli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈli/ [bəˈli]
• Rhymes: -əli, -li, -i

• Audio (Malaysia):

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Verb

beli (Jawi spelling بلي)

1. to buy (to obtain for money)

Derived terms

• belian
• membeli
• membelikan
• pembelian
• terbeli

Descendants

• Indonesian: beli

Middle English

Noun

beli

1. alternative form of bely

Romanian

Etymology

Probably from Latin vellere, with a change in conjugation. Traditionally, it was usually thought to be from Slavic bĕliti (“to whiten”); however, this presents a problem with semantics and there is already another word in Romanian derived from this source, bili, that preserved the original meaning. Compare also Aromanian bilescu.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

a beli (third-person singular present belește, past participle belit) 4th conjugation

1. to skin, flay, excoriate

   Synonym: jupui

2. (figuratively) to rob; to fleece

   Synonym: jefui

Conjugation

    conjugation of beli (fourth conjugation, -esc- infix)

infinitive			a beli
gerund			belind
past participle			belit
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	belesc	belești	belește	belim	beliți	belesc
	imperfect	beleam	beleai	belea	beleam	beleați	beleau
	simple perfect	belii	beliși	beli	belirăm	belirăți	beliră
	pluperfect	belisem	beliseși	belise	beliserăm	beliserăți	beliseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să belesc	să belești	să belească	să belim	să beliți	să belească
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		belește			beliți
	negative		nu beli			nu beliți

Derived terms

• beli pula

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

beli (Cyrillic spelling бели)

1. inflection of beo:
   1. masculine nominative/vocative plural
   2. definite masculine nominative/vocative singular
   3. definite inanimate masculine accusative singular

Verb

beli (Cyrillic spelling бели)

1. inflection of beleti:
   1. third-person singular present
   2. second-person singular imperative

Verb

beli (Cyrillic spelling бели)

1. inflection of beliti:
   1. third-person singular present
   2. second-person singular imperative

Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

From English belly.

Noun

beli

1. abdomen

Turkish

Etymology 1

Noun

beli

1. accusative singular of bel
2. third-person singular possessive of bel

Etymology 2

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بلی (beli).

Interjection

beli

1. (obsolete) yes

   Synonym: evet

Volapük

Noun

beli

1. accusative singular of bel