supel
See also: supeł
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch soepel (“supple, flexible”),[1] from Old French souple, soupple (“soft, lithe, yielding”), from Latin supplic-, supplex (“suppliant, submissive, kneeling”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsu.pəl/
- Rhymes: -pəl, -əl, -l
- Hyphenation: su‧pêl
Adjective
supêl
- sociable
- Synonym: luwes
- (medicine) non-tender
References
- Nicoline van der Sijs (2010) Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd [Dutch words worldwide], Den Haag: Sdu Uitgevers, →ISBN, OCLC 687330964
Further reading
- “supel” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.