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selir.

concubine, a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife

5 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/səˈlir/Standard-Indonesian[səˈlɪr]Standard-Indonesian
  1. concubine, a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife

  2. synonym of gundik

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay selir (“secondary wife of a prince”), from Javanese ꦱꦼꦭꦶꦂ (selir, “minor wife, concubine”), from Old Javanese sĕlir (“select, picked”).

root/səˈlir/Standard-Indonesian[səˈlɪr]Standard-Indonesian
  1. rustling

    morpheme
Where this word comes from

Onomatopoeic.

noun/səˈlir/Standard-Indonesian[səˈlɪr]Standard-Indonesian
  1. veil.

  2. covering.

  3. synonym of tirai

Where this word comes from

Unknown, probably affixation of kelir + se-.

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