belah

From Wiradjuri.

belah (uncountable)

1. beefwood

• Hable, Haleb, bleah, hable

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

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

bêlah (plural belah-belah)

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

bêlah (active membelah, passive dibelah)

1. to split, to crack

   Synonym: pecah

2. to divide

   Synonym: bagi

• “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

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

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

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• Hyphenation: be‧lah

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.

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

1. (intransitive) to split

• > Indonesian: belah (inherited)

• "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