selip

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sə.ˈlɪp/
• Rhymes: -lɪp
• Hyphenation: sêlip

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch slip, slippen (“to slide”).

Verb

sêlip

1. to insert, to slide in, to slip in
2. to slip (into)

Derived terms

• diselip
• diselipi
• diselipkan
• menyelip
• menyelipi
• menyelipkan
• selipan
• terselip

Verb

sêlip

1. to skid (of a car, etc.)
2. (colloquial) to miss each other

Derived terms

• terselip

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dutch slijp, slijpen (“to sharpen; to grind (a lens e.g.)”).

Verb

sêlip

1. to polish

Alternative forms

• slyp

Derived terms

• diselip
• menyelip

Further reading

• “selip”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016