alat
التعريفات والمعاني
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
From ala + -at.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈlat]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [aˈlat]
=== Adjective ===
alat (feminine alada, masculine plural alats, feminine plural alades)
winged
=== Further reading ===
“alat”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
“alat”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
“alat” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“alat” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
== Cebuano ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
Borrowed from Tagalog alat (“slang: police officer”).
==== Pronunciation ====
Hyphenation: a‧lat
IPA(key): /ˈʔalat/ [ˈʔa.l̪ɐt̪]
==== Noun ====
alat
(slang) police officer
Synonym: polis
=== Etymology 2 ===
Borrowed from Tagalog alat (“saltiness”).
==== Pronunciation ====
Hyphenation: a‧lat
IPA(key): /ˈʔalat/ [ˈʔa.l̪ɐt̪]
==== Noun ====
alat
salted eggs
=== Etymology 3 ===
==== Pronunciation ====
Hyphenation: a‧lat
IPA(key): /ʔaˈlat/ [ʔɐˈl̪at̪]
==== Noun ====
alát
big and tall wide-mouth basket with loose mesh weave
==== Verb ====
alát
to make such basket
== Central Bikol ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ʔaˈlat/ [ʔaˈl̪at]
Hyphenation: a‧lat
=== Noun ===
alát (Basahan spelling ᜀᜎᜆ᜔)
nonstandard form of halat
== Finnish ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
==== Verb ====
alat
second-person singular present indicative of alkaa
=== Etymology 2 ===
==== Noun ====
alat
nominative plural of ala
=== Anagrams ===
-ltaa, alta, lata
== Hanunoo ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qalat. Compare Cebuano alat (“big and tall wide-mouth basket”), Hiligaynon alat, and Indonesian alat (“basket”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ʔaˈlat/ [ʔaˈlɐt]
Rhymes: -at
Syllabification: a‧lat
=== Noun ===
alát (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜮᜦ᜴)
large rattan storage basket
==== See also ====
=== Further reading ===
Conklin, Harold C. (1953), Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 24
Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qalat”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
== Hiligaynon ==
=== Noun ===
alát
basket
== Indonesian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈalat/ [ˈa.lat̪̚]
Rhymes: -alat
Syllabification: a‧lat
=== Etymology 1 ===
Inherited from Malay alat, from Classical Malay الت (alat), from Arabic آلَة (ʔāla).
Partly displaced native radas
==== Noun ====
alat (plural alat-alat)
tool
device intended to make a task easier; Any mechanical device meant to ease or do a task
Synonyms: peranti, perkakas, radas
any piece of equipment used in a profession, e.g. a craftman's tools
Synonym: perkakas
something to perform an operation; an instrument; a means
Synonym: wahana
a person or group which is used or controlled, usually unwittingly, by another person or group
equipment
Synonym: perlengkapan
===== Derived terms =====
===== Descendants =====
→ Tetum: alat
=== Etymology 2 ===
Borrowed from Minangkabau [Term?]
==== Noun ====
alat (plural alat-alat)
guest
feast
===== Derived terms =====
=== Etymology 3 ===
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
==== Noun ====
alat (plural alat-alat)
basket
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
“alat”, 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
== Latin ==
=== Verb ===
alat
third-person singular present active subjunctive of alō
== Malay ==
=== Etymology ===
From Arabic آلَة (ʔāla).
=== Noun ===
alat (Jawi spelling الت, plural alat-alat or alat2)
tool
== Northern Kurdish ==
=== Alternative forms ===
alet, halat, halet
=== Etymology ===
From Arabic آلَة (ʔāla).
=== Noun ===
alat ?
tool, implement
instrument
device
apparatus
appliance
== Pagu ==
=== Etymology ===
From Malay alat.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈa.lat]
=== Noun ===
alat (epenthetic form alata)
tool
== Serbo-Croatian ==
=== Alternative forms ===
hàlāt (Bosnia, poetic)
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آلت (âlet) (Turkish alet), from Classical Persian آلت (ālat), from Arabic آلَة (ʔāla).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ǎlaːt/
Hyphenation: a‧lat
=== Noun ===
àlāt m inan (Cyrillic spelling а̀ла̄т, relational adjective àlātnī)
tool
instrument
==== Declension ====
==== Synonyms ====
oruđe, pomagalo
==== Derived terms ====
àlatka
=== Further reading ===
“alat”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
“alat”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
== Tagalog ==
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔalat/ [ˈʔaː.lɐt̪̚]
Rhymes: -alat
Syllabification: a‧lat
=== Etymology 1 ===
From Proto-Philippine *aDat. Compare Ilocano adat (“bad taste”), Kapampangan alat (“saltiness”), Masbatenyo arat (“saltiness”), Aklanon aeat (“salty”), and Hiligaynon alat (“saltiness”). For the "unlucky" sense, compare Spanish salado (“unlucky (of a person)”, literally “salty”).
==== Adjective ====
alat (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜆ᜔)
salty
Synonym: maalat
(figurative) unlucky
Synonym: malas
==== Noun ====
alat (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜆ᜔)
saltiness
(figurative) bad luck; unluckiness
Synonyms: malas, kamalasan
===== Derived terms =====
===== See also =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
Backslang from tala (“star”), a reference to the star badges worn by police officers.
==== Noun ====
alat (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜆ᜔) (slang, back slang)
police officer; cop
Synonyms: (slang) lespu, (slang) parak, pulis
=== Further reading ===
“alat”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
Zorc, R. David; San Miguel, Rachel (1993), Tagalog Slang Dictionary[2], Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN
=== Anagrams ===
Taal, tala, alta, taal, lata