selat

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛlat]

selat

1. genitive plural of sele

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /səˈlat/ [səˈlat̪̚]
• Rhymes: -at
• Syllabification: se‧lat

Inherited from Malay selat (“strait”), from Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *selat (“narrow opening or passage between two things”).

sêlat (plural selat-selat)

1. strait (narrow channel of water)

Possibly borrowed from Minangkabau, perhaps from the source as above.

sêlat (plural selat-selat)

1. (dialectal) synonym of celah (“gap; fissure”)

Borrowed from Javanese ꦱꦼꦭꦠ꧀ (selat), from Dutch salade, from Middle French salade, from Italian salata. Doublet of salad and selada.

sêlat (plural selat-selat)

1. (cooking) a Javanese dish influenced by Western cuisine; consists of braised beef tenderloin served in thin watery sauce made from a mixture of garlic, vinegar, sweet soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, water, and spiced with nutmeg and black pepper

• “selat” 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.

selat

1. romanization of ꦱꦼꦭꦠ꧀

From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *selat (“narrow opening or passage between two things”). Cognates include Tagalog silat.

• IPA^(key): /səˈlat/ [səˈlat̪̚]
• Hyphenation: se‧lat

selat (Jawi spelling سلت, plural selat-selat)

1. strait (narrow channel of water)

• > Indonesian: selat (inherited)
• → Chinese: 石叻 (Shílè, “Singapore”)

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

selat

1. supine of sela