selak
Cebuano
Etymology
From English shellac, from shell + lac, calque translation of French laque (“lac”) + en (“in”) + écailles (“scales, shells”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: se‧lak
Noun
selak
- shellac; a processed secretion of the lac insect, Coccus lacca; used in polishes, varnishes etc.
- (by extension) varnishing; an application of varnish
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:selak.
Indonesian
Etymology 1
Inherited from Malay selak, from Classical Malay sila, from Sanskrit शील (śīla, “conduct, beauty, form, virtue”). Doublet of sila.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈse.lak/
- Rhymes: -lak, -ak, -k
- Hyphenation: se‧lak
Verb
selak (base, imperative & colloquial selak, active menyelak, ordinary passive diselak, adversative passive terselak)
- to open
- Synonyms: buka, singkap
Derived terms
- diselak
- diselakkan
- menyelak
- menyelakkan
- terselak
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Hindi सलाख (salākh, “iron bar; rod”), from Sanskrit शलाका (śalākā).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sə.ˈlak/
- Rhymes: -lak, -ak, -k
- Hyphenation: sê‧lak
Noun
sêlak (plural selak-selak, first-person possessive selakku, second-person possessive selakmu, third-person possessive selaknya)
- bar, bolt
Derived terms
- diselak
- menyelak
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Betawi [Term?], from Javanese ꦱꦼꦭꦏ꧀, ꦱꦼꦊꦏ꧀ (selak, selek, “on the verge of, about to”, literally “to be choking”), from Old Javanese sĕlĕk, slĕk (literally “choke”), probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *cʔə(ə)ʔ ~ *cʔə(ə)k ~ *cʔak (“to hiccough, belch”) (compare to Khmer ត្អើក (tʼaək, “hiccup”), Vietnamese nấc (“to hiccup”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sə.ˈlak/
- Rhymes: -lak, -ak, -k
- Hyphenation: sê‧lak
Verb
sêlak (base, imperative & colloquial selak, active menyelak, ordinary passive diselak, adversative passive terselak)
- to jump (the queue).
- Synonym: menyelip
- to haste
- Synonyms: mendesak, membangatkan, menggesa-gesakan
- (dialect) to be choked: having been unable to breathe due to airway obstruction (choking) or strangulation, but usually to the point of pain and discomfort without death.
- Synonym: tersedak
Derived terms
- diselak
- keselak
- menyelak
- terselak
Further reading
- “selak” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Pronunciation
- (Pontianak) IPA(key): /səlaʔ/
Adjective
selak
- (Pontianak) greedy