See selak in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "buka"
},
{
"word": "singkap"
},
{
"word": "angkat"
},
{
"word": "tarik"
}
]
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}
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},
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"name": "bor+"
},
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},
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},
{
"text": "selak kunci: latch"
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{
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"3": "ꦱꦼꦭꦏ꧀, ꦱꦼꦊꦏ꧀",
"lit": "to be choking",
"t": "on the verge of, about to"
},
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"name": "der"
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"3": "*cʔə(ə)ʔ",
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"t": "to hiccough, belch"
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"expansion": "Proto-Mon-Khmer *cʔə(ə)ʔ ~ *cʔə(ə)k ~ *cʔak (“to hiccough, belch”)",
"name": "der"
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"t": "hiccup"
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"name": "cog"
},
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"t": "to hiccup"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
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"4": "terselak"
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],
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"word": "sedak"
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"tags": [
"Jawi"
]
}
],
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"j": "سلق"
},
"expansion": "selak (Jawi spelling سلق)",
"name": "ms-adj"
}
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"greedy"
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"(Pontianak) greedy"
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"word": "selak"
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"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries"
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"tags": [
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"2": "menyelak",
"3": "ordinary passive",
"4": "diselak",
"5": "adversative passive",
"6": "terselak",
"head2": "",
"j": "سيلق"
},
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"name": "ms-verb"
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{
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"to open, to uncover, to pull up (of fabric, curtains)"
],
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"open",
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],
[
"uncover",
"uncover"
],
[
"pull up",
"pull up"
]
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{
"word": "buka"
},
{
"word": "singkap"
},
{
"word": "angkat"
},
{
"word": "tarik"
}
]
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"to flick the pages of a book, to scroll or swipe on a phone's touchscreen"
],
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[
"flick",
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],
[
"scroll",
"scroll"
],
[
"swipe",
"swipe"
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"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈse.laʔ/"
}
],
"word": "selak"
}
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"Rhymes:Malay/aʔ",
"Rhymes:Malay/aʔ/2 syllables"
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"expansion": "Borrowed from Hindi सलाख (salākh, “iron bar; rod”)",
"name": "bor+"
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"form": "سلق",
"tags": [
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},
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"form": "selak-selak",
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"plural"
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},
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"first-person",
"informal",
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{
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"possessive",
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},
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"form": "selaknya",
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},
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"text": "selak pintu: crossbar of a door"
},
{
"text": "selak kunci: latch"
}
],
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"bolt, bar"
],
"links": [
[
"bolt",
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],
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"bar",
"bar"
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]
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"note": "Pontianak"
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{
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"3": "ꦱꦼꦭꦏ꧀, ꦱꦼꦊꦏ꧀",
"lit": "to be choking",
"t": "on the verge of, about to"
},
"expansion": "Javanese ꦱꦼꦭꦏ꧀, ꦱꦼꦊꦏ꧀ (selak, selek, “on the verge of, about to”, literally “to be choking”)",
"name": "der"
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"3": "sĕlĕk, slĕk",
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"name": "der"
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"3": "*cʔə(ə)ʔ",
"4": "*cʔə(ə)ʔ ~ *cʔə(ə)k ~ *cʔak",
"t": "to hiccough, belch"
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"expansion": "Proto-Mon-Khmer *cʔə(ə)ʔ ~ *cʔə(ə)k ~ *cʔak (“to hiccough, belch”)",
"name": "der"
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"2": "ត្អើក",
"t": "hiccup"
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"expansion": "Khmer ត្អើក (tʼaək, “hiccup”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
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"1": "vi",
"2": "nấc",
"t": "to hiccup"
},
"expansion": "Vietnamese nấc (“to hiccup”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
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"2": "sedak",
"3": "sedu"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of sedak and sedu",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
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"(Pontianak) greedy"
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}
],
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}
Download raw JSONL data for selak meaning in Malay (5.9kB)
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"trace": ""
}
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"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Pontianak",
"path": [
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],
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"trace": ""
}
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"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
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