beledu
Indonesian
Etymology
From Portuguese veludo, from Spanish velludo, from Catalan vellut, from Late Latin villutus, from Latin villus (“hair”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bələdu/
- Hyphenation: bê‧lê‧du
Noun
bêlêdu (first-person possessive beleduku, second-person possessive beledumu, third-person possessive beledunya)
- (archaic) velvet: A closely woven fabric (originally of silk, now also of cotton or man-made fibres) with a thick short pile on one side.
Alternative forms
- beludru, beldu, belederu
- baldu (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)
Further reading
- “beledu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.