alat

See also: ålat and Alat

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔaˈlat/ [ʔaˈl̪at]
Hyphenation: a‧lat

Noun

alát (Basahan spelling ᜀᜎᜆ᜔)

Nonstandard form of halat.

Etymology

From ala +‎ -at.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈlat]

IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aˈlat]

Adjective

alat (feminine alada, masculine plural alats, feminine plural alades)

winged

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Tagalog alat (“slang: police officer”).

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: a‧lat
IPA^(key): /ˈʔalat/ [ˈʔa.l̪ɐt̪]

Noun

alat

(slang) police officer
Synonym: polis

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Tagalog alat (“saltiness”).

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: a‧lat
IPA^(key): /ˈʔalat/ [ˈʔa.l̪ɐt̪]

Noun

alat

salted eggs

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: a‧lat
IPA^(key): /ʔaˈlat/ [ʔɐˈl̪at̪]

Noun

alát

big and tall wide-mouth basket with loose mesh weave

Verb

alát

to make such basket

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Etymology 1

Verb

alat

second-person singular present indicative of alkaa

Etymology 2

Noun

alat

nominative plural of ala

Anagrams

-ltaa, alta, lata

Noun

alát

basket

Pronunciation

(Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈalat/ [ˈa.lat̪̚]
Rhymes: -alat
Syllabification: a‧lat

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay alat, from Classical Malay الت (alat), from Arabic آلَة (ʔāla).^[1]

Noun

alat (plural alat-alat)

tool
1. device intended to make a task easier; Any mechanical device meant to ease or do a task.
  Synonyms: peranti, perkakas, radas
2. Any piece of equipment used in a profession, e.g. a craftman's tools.
  Synonym: perkakas
3. Something to perform an operation; an instrument; a means.
  Synonym: wahana
4. A person or group which is used or controlled, usually unwittingly, by another person or group.
equipment
Synonym: perlengkapan

Derived terms

Affixation

memperalat
memperalati
mengalati
mengalatkan
peralatan

Compounds

alat angkut
alat baca cetak
alat baca mikro
alat bantu dengar
alat bantu pandang dengar
alat bantu pengajaran
alat bantu pernapasan
alat berat
alat bibliografis
alat bicara
alat bidik
alat bukti
alat cetak jauh
alat cukur listrik
alat diplomasi kultural
alat hukum; alat kecantikan
alat kejut listrik
alat kekuasaan
alat kelamin
alat kelengkapan
alat keluarga berencana
alat kesehatan
alat komunikasi
alat komunikasi politik partai
alat konsentrasi
alat kontrasepsi
alat kontrol
alat listrik
alat masak
alat masukan
alat musik
alat musik gesek
alat musik petik
alat musik pukul
alat musik tiup
alat musuh
alat negara
alat olahraga
alat pacu jantung
alat pameran
alat pandang
alat pandang dengar
alat pelajaran
alat pemadam kebakaran
alat pemanas
alat pembayaran
alat pembayaran luar negeri
alat pembayaran nontunai
alat pembayaran tunai
alat pembeban lutut
alat pembersih
alat pembuktian
alat pemecah kulit
alat pemecah kulit gabah
alat pemerintahan
alat pencegah kehamilan
alat pencernaan
alat penciuman
alat pendengar
alat pendingin
alat pendobrak
alat penerangan
alat pengecambah
alat pengeras suara
alat pengering berlanjut
alat penghapus suara
alat penghidu
alat pengisap
alat pengisap oral
alat penglihatan
alat pengontrol
alat pengumpul kerang
alat pengumpul rumput laut
alat penyedot
alat penyeduh kopi
alat penyekat
alat penyosoh
alat peraga
alat perang
alat perasa
alat perekam
alat pernapasan
alat perontok gabah
alat perum
alat potret
alat pres hidraulik
alat putar cepat
alat raja
alat rajah
alat rekam jantung
alat reproduksi
alat senjata
alat suntik
alat tani
alat tenun
alat tetas
alat tulis
alat ucap
alat uji
alat uji kehamilan
alat ukur
alat ukur cahaya
alat ukur hujan
alat ukur hujan otomatis
alat vital

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Minangkabau [Term?]

Noun

alat (plural alat-alat)

guest
feast

Derived terms

Affixation

beralat
memperalatkan
peralatan

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

[1]
Erwina Burhanuddin, Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan, R.B. Chrismanto (1993) Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia [Research on Arabic vocabulary in Indonesian]‎, Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, →OCLC

Etymology

From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔalit (˜-ŕ-). Compare Arin bɨqam-álte, biqam-álte, and kekm-elte (“wife”).

Noun

alat

woman

Synonyms

alit
alīt

Verb

alat

third-person singular present active subjunctive of alō

Etymology

From Arabic آلَة (ʔāla).

Noun

alat (Jawi spelling الت, plural alat-alat, informal 1st possessive alatku, 2nd possessive alatmu, 3rd possessive alatnya)

tool

Alternative forms

alet, halat, halet

Etymology

From Arabic آلَة (ʔāla).

Noun

alat ?

Alternative forms

hàlāt (Bosnia, poetic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آلت (âlet) (Turkish alet), from Persian (âlat), from Arabic آلَة (ʔāla).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ǎlaːt/
Hyphenation: a‧lat

Noun

àlāt m (Cyrillic spelling а̀ла̄т, relational adjective àlātnī)

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

	singular	plural
nominative	alat	alati
genitive	alata	alata
dative	alatu	alatima
accusative	alat	alate
vocative	alate	alati
locative	alatu	alatima
instrumental	alatom	alatima

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Declension of alat

Synonyms

oruđe, pomagalo

Derived terms

àlatka

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔalat/ [ˈʔaː.lɐt̪̚]
Rhymes: -alat
Syllabification: a‧lat

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

alat-alatan
alatan
maalat
maalat-alat
pakaalatan
tubig-alat

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

Anagrams

Taal, tala, alta, taal, lata

[1] [1]
Erwina Burhanuddin, Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan, R.B. Chrismanto (1993) Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia [Research on Arabic vocabulary in Indonesian]‎, Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, →OCLC

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