beli-belah
Indonesian
Etymology
Apophonic reduplication of beli.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /bəˌli bəˈlah/ [bəˌli bəˈlah]
- Rhymes: -ah
- Syllabification: be‧li-be‧lah
Verb
bêli-bêlah (active membeli-belah, passive form not attested)
- to shop
- Synonym: berbelanja
References
- “beli 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