belok

Inherited from Malay belok (“to turn”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *biluk (“to wind, curve, turn to the side; to tack, sail into the wind”). Compare Javanese biluk.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbelok/ [ˈbe.lɔk̚]
• Rhymes: -elok
• Syllabification: be‧lok

belok (active membelok, imperative belok, emphatic-jussive beloklah)

1. (intransitive) to turn (move around an axis through itself)

Borrowed from Betawi [Term?].

• (Standard Indonesian)
  • IPA^(key): /bəˈloʔ/ [bəˈlɔʔ]
    • Rhymes: -oʔ
  • IPA^(key): /bəˈlok/ [bəˈlɔk̚]
    • Rhymes: -ok
• Syllabification: be‧lok

belok (comparative lebih belok, superlative paling belok)

1. wide-eyed, moon-eyed, owly-eyed, pie-eyed, saucer-eyed, goggle-eyed

Borrowed from Betawi [Term?].

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /bəˈlok/ [bəˈlɔk̚]
• Rhymes: -ok
• Syllabification: be‧lok

belok (comparative lebih belok, superlative paling belok)

1. muddy

belok (uncountable)

1. mud

Borrowed from Dutch blok.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /bəˈlok/ [bəˈlɔk̚]
• Rhymes: -ok
• Syllabification: be‧lok

belok (plural belok-belok)

1. block: a case or frame housing one or more sheaves (pulleys), used with ropes to increase or redirect force, for example as part of lifting gear or a sailing ship's rigging.
2. stock

• “belok”, 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

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *biluk (“to wind, curve, turn to the side; to tack, sail into the wind”). Compare Javanese biluk.

• IPA^(key): /belok/
• Rhymes: -elok, -lok, -ok
• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): [be̞lʊʔ, -oʔ, -o̞ʔ]

belok (used in the form membelok)

1. (intransitive) to turn (move around an axis through itself)

   Synonyms: paling, pusing, putar

   Belok ke kiri bila kau sampai simpang T.

   Take a right turn when you reach the T-junction.

• Indonesian: belok

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