kelat

kelat

1. nominative plural of kela

• Tekla, kelta, lekat, letka

Inherited from Malay kelat (“sheet of sail of small boat”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kalat (“thick, heavy rope”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /kəˈlat/ [kəˈlat̪̚]
• Rhymes: -at
• Syllabification: ke‧lat

kêlat (plural kelat-kelat)

1. (nautical) brace, sheet

Inherited from Malay kelat (“astringent, tart”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /kəˈlat/ [kəˈlat̪̚]
• Rhymes: -at
• Syllabification: ke‧lat

kêlat (comparative lebih kelat, superlative paling kelat)

1. astringent, tart

   Synonym: sepat

Inherited from Malay kelat.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /kəˈlat/ [kəˈlat̪̚]
• Rhymes: -at
• Syllabification: ke‧lat

kelat (plural kelat-kelat)

1. (botany) Certain plants of genus Eugenia, especially Eugenia reinwardtiana (beach cherry or Cedar Bay cherry) or formerly of Eugenia, now included in genus Syzygium.

Inherited from Malay kelat (“pinning together, fastening two objects”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /kəˈlat/ [kəˈlat̪̚]
• Rhymes: -at
• Syllabification: ke‧lat

kêlat (comparative lebih kelat, superlative paling kelat)

1. (archaic) sticky

Borrowed from Dutch chelaat (“chelate”).

• (Standard Indonesian)
  • IPA^(key): /kəˈlat/ [kəˈlat̪̚]
    • Rhymes: -at
  • IPA^(key): /ˈkelat/ [ˈke.lat̪̚]
    • Rhymes: -elat
• Syllabification: ke‧lat

kelat (plural kelat-kelat)

1. (chemistry) chelate

• “kelat”, 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

kelat

1. supine of kela

• Tekla, elakt