kelip

Malay

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *kelip (“to blink”). Doublet of kedip.

Pronunciation

  • (schwa-variety) IPA(key): /kəˈlep/ [kəˈlep̚]
  • Rhymes: -lep, -ep
  • (Baku, Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /kəˈlip/ [kəˈlip̚]
  • Rhymes: -lip, -ip
  • Hyphenation: ke‧lip

Noun

kelip (Jawi spelling کليڤ, plural kelip-kelip or kelip2)

  1. twinkle
  2. blink

Derived terms

Affixations
  • kelip-kelip (“firefly”)
  • kelipan (“blinking”)
  • mengelip (“to flicker; to winkle; to blink”)
  • pengelip (“blinker”)
  • pengelipan (“act of blinking”)
Compounds
  • sekelip mata (“in the blink of an eye”)

Descendants

> Indonesian: kelip (inherited)

Further reading

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