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Bikol Central
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔaˈlat/
- Hyphenation: a‧lat
Noun
alát (Basahan spelling ᜀᜎᜆ᜔)
- nonstandard form of halat
Catalan
Etymology
From ala + -at.
Pronunciation
Adjective
alat (feminine alada, masculine plural alats, feminine plural alades)
- winged
Further reading
- “alat”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies , 2007 April
- “alat”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “alat” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “alat” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Cebuano
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Tagalog alat (“slang: police officer”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧lat
- IPA(key): /ˈʔalat/
Noun
alat
- (slang) police officer
- Synonym: polis
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Tagalog alat (“saltiness”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧lat
- IPA(key): /ˈʔalat/
Noun
alat
- salted eggs
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧lat
- IPA(key): /ʔaˈlat/
Noun
alát
- big and tall wide-mouth basket with loose mesh weave
Verb
alát
- to make such basket
Finnish
Etymology 1
Verb
alat
- second-person singular present indicative of alkaa
Etymology 2
Noun
alat
- nominative plural of ala
Anagrams
Hanunoo
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qalat. Compare Cebuano alat (“big and tall wide-mouth basket”), Hiligaynon alat, and Indonesian alat (“basket”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔaˈlat/
- Rhymes: -at
- Syllabification: a‧lat
Noun
alát (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜮᜦ᜴)
- large rattan storage basket
See also
Further reading
- Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 24
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qalat”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
Hiligaynon
Noun
alát
- basket
Indonesian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Malay alat, from Classical Malay الت (alat), from Arabic آلَة (ʔāla).
Noun
alat (plural alat-alat)
- tool
- device intended to make a task easier; Any mechanical device meant to ease or do a task
- Synonyms: peranti, perkakas, radas
- any piece of equipment used in a profession, e.g. a craftman's tools
- Synonym: perkakas
- something to perform an operation; an instrument; a means
- Synonym: wahana
- a person or group which is used or controlled, usually unwittingly, by another person or group
- equipment
- Synonym: perlengkapan
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Minangkabau
Noun
alat (plural alat-alat)
- guest
- feast
Derived terms
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
alat (plural alat-alat)
- basket
References
- ^ Erwina Burhanuddin, Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan, R.B. Chrismanto (1993) Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia , Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, →OCLC
Further reading
Kott
Etymology
From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔalit (˜-ŕ-). Compare Arin bɨqam-álte, biqam-álte, and kekm-elte (“wife”).
Noun
alat
- woman
Synonyms
Latin
Verb
alat
- third-person singular present active subjunctive of alō
Malay
Etymology
From Arabic آلَة (ʔāla).
Noun
alat (Jawi spelling الت, plural alat-alat)
- tool
Northern Kurdish
Etymology
From Arabic آلَة (ʔāla).
Noun
alat ?
- tool, implement
- instrument
- device
- apparatus
- appliance
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آلت (âlet) (Turkish alet), from Persian آلت (âlat), from Arabic آلَة (ʔāla).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ǎlaːt/
- Hyphenation: a‧lat
Noun
àlāt m (Cyrillic spelling а̀ла̄т, relational adjective àlātnī)
- tool
- instrument
Declension
Synonyms
Derived terms
Further reading
- “alat”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
- “alat”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
Tagalog
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Philippine *aDat. Compare Ilocano adat (“bad taste”), Kapampangan alat (“saltiness”), Masbatenyo arat (“saltiness”), Aklanon aeat (“salty”), and Hiligaynon alat (“saltiness”). For the "unlucky" sense, compare Spanish salado (“unlucky (of a person)”, literally “salty”).
Adjective
alat (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜆ᜔)
- salty
- Synonym: maalat
- (figurative) unlucky
- Synonym: malas
Noun
alat (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜆ᜔)
- saltiness
- (figurative) bad luck; unluckiness
- Synonym: malas
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Backslang from tala (“star”), a reference to the star badges worn by police officers.
Noun
alat (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜆ᜔)
- (slang, back slang) police officer; cop
- Synonyms: (slang) lespu, (slang) parak, pulis
Further reading
- “alat”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN
Anagrams