silat

Borrowed from Malay silat (“self-defense”).

silat (uncountable)

1. A type of martial art originating from the Malay Archipelago.

• Itals, A list, tails, Laits, itals, ATLIs, talis, laits, alist, Laist, litas, stail, A-list, Talsi, Latis

silat

1. nominative plural of sila

• altis, lasit, lasti, lista, litsa, salit, silta, talsi, tilsa

Inherited from Malay silat.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi.lat/, [ˈsi.lat̪̚]
• Hyphenation: si‧lat

silat

1. ellipsis of pencak silat (“Indonesian martial arts”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈsilat/ [ˈsi.lat̪̚]
• Hyphenation: si‧lat

silat (Jawi spelling سيلت)

1. self-defense

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

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /siˈlat/ [sɪˈlat̪̚]
• Rhymes: -at
• Syllabification: si‧lat

silát (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜎᜆ᜔)

1. slit or open crack between the strips of bamboo flooring, walling, etc.

• “silat”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

• tilas, litas, salit, lista