belah

From Wiradjuri.

belah (uncountable)

1. beefwood

• Hable, Haleb, bleah, hable

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

• IPA^(key): /bə.ˈlah/
• Rhymes: -lah, -ah, -h
• Hyphenation: bêlah

bêlah (plural belah-belah, first-person possessive belahku, second-person possessive belahmu, third-person possessive belahnya)

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

bêlah (base, imperative, colloquial belah, active membelah, ordinary passive dibelah, adversative passive terbelah)

1. to split, to crack

   Synonym: pecah

2. to divide

   Synonym: bagi

• “belah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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

• IPA^(key): /bəlah/
• Rhymes: -əlah, -lah, -ah

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belah (Jawi spelling بله)

1. to split

   Pak Tua membelah papan kayu itu dengan tangannya sahaja.

   Uncle Tua split that wooden board with only his hands.

• Indonesian: belah

• “belah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *belaq