belacan
English
Noun
belacan (uncountable)Category:English lemmas#BELACANCategory:English nouns#BELACANCategory:English uncountable nouns#BELACANCategory:English uncountable nouns#BELACANCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BELACANCategory:Pages with entries#BELACANCategory:Pages with 4 entries#BELACAN
- Alternative form of belachan (“shrimp-paste condiment”).
Anagrams
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /bəˈlat͡ʃan/ [bəˈla.t͡ʃan]Category:Indonesian 3-syllable words#BELACANCategory:Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation#BELACAN
- Rhymes: -at͡ʃanCategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/at͡ʃan#BELACANCategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/at͡ʃan/3 syllables#BELACAN
- Syllabification: be‧la‧can
Etymology 1
Inherited from MalayCategory:Indonesian terms inherited from Malay#BELACANCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Malay#BELACAN belacan.
Noun
bêlacan (plural belacan-belacan)Category:Indonesian lemmas#BELACANCategory:Indonesian nouns#BELACANCategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#BELACANCategory:Pages with entries#BELACANCategory:Pages with 4 entries#BELACAN
- belachan (a shrimp-paste condiment)
- Synonym: terasi
Etymology 2
Borrowed from JavaneseCategory:Indonesian terms borrowed from Javanese#BELACANCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Javanese#BELACAN ꦧ꧀ꦭꦕꦤ꧀ (blacan, “a kind of wild cat”).
Noun
bêlacan (plural belacan-belacan)Category:Indonesian lemmas#BELACANCategory:Indonesian nouns#BELACANCategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#BELACANCategory:Pages with entries#BELACANCategory:Pages with 4 entries#BELACAN
- a kind of wild cat
- Synonym: kucing hutan
Etymology 3
Noun
bêlacan (plural belacan-belacan)Category:Indonesian lemmas#BELACANCategory:Indonesian nouns#BELACANCategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#BELACANCategory:Pages with entries#BELACANCategory:Pages with 4 entries#BELACAN
- synonym of kelicap (“sunbird”)
Further reading
- “belacan”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Malay

Etymology
Compare Pattani Malay بلاچٍي / บือลาแจ, Urak Lawoi' บาจัด (bacat).
Pronunciation
- (schwa-variety, Standard Literary, Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /bəˈlat͡ʃan/ [bəˈla.t͡ʃan]Category:Malay 3-syllable words#BELACANCategory:Malay terms with IPA pronunciation#BELACAN
- Rhymes: -at͡ʃan, -t͡ʃan, -anCategory:Rhymes:Malay/at͡ʃan#BELACANCategory:Rhymes:Malay/t͡ʃan#BELACANCategory:Rhymes:Malay/an#BELACAN
- Hyphenation: be‧la‧can
Noun
belacan (Jawi spelling بلاچن, uncountable)Category:Malay lemmas#BELACANCategory:Malay nouns#BELACANCategory:Malay uncountable nouns#BELACANCategory:Malay entries with incorrect language header#BELACANCategory:Pages with entries#BELACANCategory:Pages with 4 entries#BELACAN
Descendants
- > Indonesian: belacan (inherited)
- → English: belachan
- > Baba Malay: belachan (inherited)
- → Burmese: ဗာလချောင် (bala.hkyaung)
- → Chinese: 馬拉盞/马拉盏 (mǎlāzhǎn)
- → Macanese: balichám, balchão, balichã, balachão, balechão, balichan
- → Moklen: บาจัน (bacán)Category:Moklen terms in nonstandard scripts#BELACAN
- → Ternate: balacang
Further reading
- "belacan" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
Old English
Etymology
Equivalent to be- + lācanCategory:Old English terms prefixed with be-#LACAN.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beˈlɑː.kɑn/Category:Old English terms with IPA pronunciation#BELACAN
- Hyphenation: be‧la‧kan
Verb
belācanCategory:Old English lemmas#BELACANCategory:Old English verbs#BELACANCategory:Old English entries with incorrect language header#BELACANCategory:Pages with entries#BELACANCategory:Pages with 4 entries#BELACAN
Conjugation
| infinitive | belācan | belācenne |
|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
| first person singular | belāce | belēc, beleolc |
| second person singular | belǣcst | belēce, beleolce |
| third person singular | belǣcþ | belēc, beleolc |
| plural | belācaþ | belēcon, beleolcon |
| subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
| singular | belāce | belēce, beleolce |
| plural | belācen | belēcen, beleolcen |
| imperative | ||
| singular | belāc | |
| plural | belācaþ | |
| participle | present | past |
| belācende | belācen | |
References
- Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “belācan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
