belit

See also: bělit

Indonesian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay belit (“coil; turn, hitch”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /bəˈlit/ [bəˈlɪt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -it
• Syllabification: be‧lit

Noun

belit (plural belit-belit)

1. turn, twist.
2. bend, curve

Derived terms

• belit-belit
• belit-membelit
• belitan
• berbelit
• berbelit-belit
• membelit
• membelit-belitkan
• membeliti
• membelitkan
• pembelit
• pembelitan
• terbelit

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Mandar [Term?].

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /bəˈlit/ [bəˈlɪt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -it
• Syllabification: be‧lit

Noun

belit (plural belit-belit)

1. split bamboo is used as a frame, in making a roof from thatch. [since 2024]

Further reading

• “belit”, 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

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈlit/ [bəˈlit̪̚]
• Rhymes: -lit, -it
• Hyphenation: be‧lit

Verb

belit (Jawi spelling بليت, active membelit, third-person passive dibelit)

1. to coil; to wind around; to entwine (to wrap or twist around something).

   Synonyms: lilit, lingkar

   Ular itu belit dahan pokok.

   The snake coiled around the tree branch.

   Jangan biar wayar itu belit kaki awak.

   Do not let the wire entwine your leg.

Noun

belit (Jawi spelling بليت, plural belit-belit)

1. coil; twist; turn (a single loop of something wound around).

   Synonyms: lilitan, lingkaran

   Satu belit tali sudah cukup.

   One coil of rope is enough.

Usage notes

• In formal or standard Malay, the active affixed form membelit is much more commonly used in written sentences than the bare root word for the verb sense.

Derived terms

Affixations

• belitan (“a coil; an entanglement”)
• berbelit (“to be coiled; to wind”)
• dibelit (“to be entwined; to be coiled around”)
• membelit (“to coil around; to entwine”)
• membelitkan (“to coil or wrap something”)
• pembelit (“something that coils; a deceiver”)
• terbelit (“accidentally entangled; tangled up”)

Reduplications

• berbelit-belit (“convoluted; complicated; winding”)

Compounds

• putar belit (“to twist words; deceitful”)

Descendants

• > Indonesian: belit (inherited)

Further reading

• "belit" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "belit" at PRPM first version)

Romanian

Etymology

Past participle of beli.

Adjective

belit m or n (feminine singular belită, masculine plural beliți, feminine/neuter plural belite)

1. skinned

Declension

Declension of belit

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	belit		belită	beliți	belite
	definite	belitul		belita	beliții	belitele
genitive- dative	indefinite	belit		belite	beliți	belite
	definite	belitului		belitei	beliților	belitelor

Verb

belit (past participle of beli)

1. past participle of beli

Turkish

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Turkic *bel-. Coined by Turkish Language Association in 1942.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈlit/
• Hyphenation: be‧lit

Noun

belit (definite accusative beliti, plural belitler)

1. (logic) axiom

   Synonyms: aksiyom, mütearife

Declension

Declension of belit

singular plural nominative belit belitler definite accusative beliti belitleri dative belite belitlere locative belitte belitlerde ablative belitten belitlerden genitive belitin belitlerin Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular belitim belitlerim 2nd singular belitin belitlerin 3rd singular beliti belitleri 1st plural belitimiz belitlerimiz 2nd plural belitiniz belitleriniz 3rd plural belitleri belitleri definite accusative singular plural 1st singular belitimi belitlerimi 2nd singular belitini belitlerini 3rd singular belitini belitlerini 1st plural belitimizi belitlerimizi 2nd plural belitinizi belitlerinizi 3rd plural belitlerini belitlerini dative singular plural 1st singular belitime belitlerime 2nd singular belitine belitlerine 3rd singular belitine belitlerine 1st plural belitimize belitlerimize 2nd plural belitinize belitlerinize 3rd plural belitlerine belitlerine locative singular plural 1st singular belitimde belitlerimde 2nd singular belitinde belitlerinde 3rd singular belitinde belitlerinde 1st plural belitimizde belitlerimizde 2nd plural belitinizde belitlerinizde 3rd plural belitlerinde belitlerinde ablative singular plural 1st singular belitimden belitlerimden 2nd singular belitinden belitlerinden 3rd singular belitinden belitlerinden 1st plural belitimizden belitlerimizden 2nd plural belitinizden belitlerinizden 3rd plural belitlerinden belitlerinden genitive singular plural 1st singular belitimin belitlerimin 2nd singular belitinin belitlerinin 3rd singular belitinin belitlerinin 1st plural belitimizin belitlerimizin 2nd plural belitinizin belitlerinizin 3rd plural belitlerinin belitlerinin Predicative forms singular plural 1st singular belitim belitlerim 2nd singular belitsin belitlersin 3rd singular belit belittir belitler belitlerdir 1st plural belitiz belitleriz 2nd plural belitsiniz belitlersiniz 3rd plural belitler belitlerdir

Derived terms

• belitlemek

Related terms

• belge
• belirmek
• belli

Further reading

• “belit”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “belit”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “belit”, in Nişanyan Sözlük