Hyphenation: be‧lok
Infinitive
belok
Root
Active
Locative
Causative / Applicative
Translations
turn, to change one's direction of travel
Etymology
Inherited from Malay belok (“to turn”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *biluk (“to wind, curve, turn to the side; to tack, sail into the wind”). Compare Javanese biluk.
Sample Sentences
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Pada kedua ujung tempat perlombaan kuda ada pos ( termai ) tempat kereta berbelok . At both ends of the horse race there is a post (termai) where the carriage turns.
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Cognates
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