belek

Borrowed from Arabic بالك (bālik).

• IPA^(key): /be.lɛk/

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belek

1. look out, watch out, careful

bél +‎ -ek

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛlɛk]
• Hyphenation: be‧lek

belek

1. nominative plural of bél

From Malay belek from Javanese.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛlɛk]
• Hyphenation: bè‧lèk

bèlèk (plural belek-belek)

1. red eye with sticky discharge as conjunctivitis

From Dutch blik (“tin can”). Cognate to Japanese ブリキ (buriki, “tinplate”).

• IPA^(key): [bəˈlɛk]
• Hyphenation: bê‧lèk

bêlèk (plural belek-belek)

1. can

   Synonyms: kaleng, blek, tin

Cognate to Indonesian belah (“to split”).

• IPA^(key): [bəˈlɛk]
• Hyphenation: bê‧lèk

bêlèk (plural belek-belek)

1. to split

   Synonym: belah

• “belek” 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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbelek/ [ˈbe.leʔ]
• Rhymes: -eleʔ, -leʔ, -eʔ
• Hyphenation: be‧lek

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belek (Jawi spelling بيليق)

1. to look carefully esp. at a close distance from the naked eye
2. to examine

   Synonym: periksa

3. to rummage or scour through pages of books, letters etc

From Javanese

belek (Jawi spelling بيليق)

1. red eye with sticky discharge as conjunctivitis

• > Indonesian: belek (inherited)

Borrowed from Betawi belek, from Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banelik (“slime, slimy”).

belek (Jawi spelling بيليق)

1. muddy

   Synonyms: becak, berlumpur

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “بيلق bilek”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 69
• Von de Wall, H. (1877) “بلق belek”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek [Malay-Dutch dictionary] (in Dutch), volume I, Batavia, page 255
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “بيلق belek”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 145
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “belek”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 109

• “belek” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.lɛk/
• Rhymes: -ɛlɛk
• Syllabification: be‧lek

belek

1. genitive plural of belka

• IPA^(key): /bə.ˈlək/, [b(ə).ˈlək]

belek

1. piglet