belah

== English == === Etymology === From Wiradjuri. === Noun === belah (uncountable) beefwood === Anagrams === Hable, Haleb, bleah, hable == Indonesian == === Etymology === Inherited from Malay belah, from Proto-Austronesian *bəlaq (“part of something split”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /bəˈlah/ [bəˈlah] Rhymes: -ah Syllabification: be‧lah === Noun === bêlah (plural belah-belah) crack, slit, cleavage divided side, part side, party === Verb === bêlah (active membelah, passive dibelah) to split, to crack Synonym: pecah to divide Synonym: bagi === Derived terms === === Further reading === “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 == Malay == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *bəlaq (“part of something split”). Cognate with Javanese belah. === Pronunciation === (schwa-variety, /a/-variety, Baku, Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /bəˈlah/ [bəˈlah] Rhymes: -əlah, -lah, -ah Hyphenation: be‧lah === Noun === belah (Jawi spelling بله, plural belah-belah or belah2) a split; a crack; a fissure. side; one of a pair. (Used as a numeral classifier for things that come in pairs or have distinct sides). === Verb === belah (Jawi spelling بله, active membelah, third-person passive dibelah) (intransitive) to split ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== > Indonesian: belah (inherited) === Further reading === "belah" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017 Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *belaq