belacan

English

Noun

belacan (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of belachan (“shrimp-paste condiment”)

Anagrams

• balance

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bəˈlat͡ʃan]
• Rhymes: -t͡ʃan, -an, -n
• Hyphenation: bê‧la‧can

Etymology 1

From Malay belacan.

Noun

bêlacan (uncountable)

1. belachan (a shrimp paste condiment)

   Synonym: terasi

Etymology 2

From Javanese ꦧ꧀ꦭꦕꦤ꧀ (blacan, “a kind of wild cat”).

Noun

bêlacan (plural belacan-belacan)

1. a kind of wild cat

   Synonym: kucing hutan

Etymology 3

Noun

bêlacan (plural belacan-belacan)

1. Synonym of kelicap (“sunbird”)

Further reading

• “belacan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, 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

• IPA^(key): /bəlat͡ʃan/
• Rhymes: -at͡ʃan, -t͡ʃan, -an

Noun

belacan (Jawi spelling بلاچن, informal 1st possessive belacanku, 2nd possessive belacanmu, 3rd possessive belacannya)

1. A Malay condiment made from fermented shrimp paste.

Descendants

• Baba Malay: belachan
• Indonesian: belacan
• → Burmese: ဗာလချောင် (bala.hkyaung)
• → Chinese: 馬拉盞／马拉盏 (mǎlāzhǎn)
• → Macanese: balichám, balchão, balichã, balachão, balechão, balichan
  • → English: balichao
  • → Portuguese: balichão
• → Ternate: balacang

Further reading

• “belacan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Old English

Etymology

Equivalent to be- +‎ lācan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈlɑː.kɑn/
• Hyphenation: be‧la‧kan

Verb

belācan

1. to flow around, enclose

Conjugation

Conjugation of belācan (strong class 7)

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 and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “belācan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.