jilat

Inherited from Malay jilat (“to lick”), from Proto-Malayic *dilah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq (“tongue”), from Proto-Austronesian *dilaq (“to lick”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒilat/
• Rhymes: -lat, -at, -t
• Hyphenation: ji‧lat

jilat (base-imperative jilat, active menjilat, ordinary passive dijilat, adversative passive terjilat)

1. to lick

• “jilat” 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.

• Rhymes: -at

jilat (Jawi spelling جيلت)

1. lick

• berjilat (“to lick”)
• penjilat (“licker, bootlicker, coward”)

• Indonesian: jilat (“to lick”)

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