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 Javanese.

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

bèlèk (first-person possessive belekku, second-person possessive belekmu, third-person possessive beleknya)

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 (first-person possessive belekku, second-person possessive belekmu, third-person possessive beleknya)

1. can.

   Synonyms: kaleng, blek, tin

Cognate to Indonesian belah (“to split”).

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

bêlèk (first-person possessive belekku, second-person possessive belekmu, third-person possessive beleknya)

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): /ˈbɛ.lɛk/
• Rhymes: -ɛlɛk
• Syllabification: be‧lek

belek

1. genitive plural of belka

• IPA^(key): /bə.ˈlək/, [b(ə).ˈlək]

belek

1. piglet