selat

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Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

selat

  1. genitive plural of sele

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Noun

selat (first-person possessive selatku, second-person possessive selatmu, third-person possessive selatnya)

  1. strait (narrow channel of water)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Minangkabau , from Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *selat (narrow opening or passage between two things).

Noun

selat (first-person possessive selatku, second-person possessive selatmu, third-person possessive selatnya)

  1. (dialect) gap
    Synonyms: celah, sela
Derived terms

Etymology 3

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

Noun

selat (first-person possessive selatku, second-person possessive selatmu, third-person possessive selatnya)

  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, kecap manis (sweet soy sauce), Worcestershire sauce, water, and spiced with nutmeg and black pepper.

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

selat

  1. Romanization of ꦱꦼꦭꦠ꧀

Malay

Etymology

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

Noun

selat (Jawi spelling سلت, plural selat-selat, informal 1st possessive selatku, 2nd possessive selatmu, 3rd possessive selatnya)

  1. strait (narrow channel of water)

Descendants

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

Further reading

Swedish

Verb

selat

  1. supine of sela