Hyphenation: be‧la
Infinitive
bela
Root
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Translations
Etymology
Inherited from Malay bela (“to advocate, to defend, to avenge”), from Old Javanese bela (“be prepared to die with another person, die for and with another person”), welā (“limit of time, period, hour, last hour, hour of death”), from Sanskrit वेला (velā, “point, time, end”).
Sample Sentences
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Aku berjanji akan selalu membela kalian juga. Aku menulis lagu ini sudah lama.
(Gaga Chromatica Ball)
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Pelatih Belichick yang ingin begitu. Hadirin sekalian, sudah hampir waktunya bagi tamu kehormatan untuk membela diri.
(The Roast of Tom Brady)
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Ia belum pernah mendapat kap , tetapi telah tampil membela sebanyak empat kali sejak 2006 . He has never been capped, but has appeared on defense four times since 2006.
(Miscellaneous sources)
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