kélék

See also: kelek

Sundanese

Sundanese register set
lemes ingkab, déhé
lemes ka sorangan {{{les}}}
lemes ka batur {{{leb}}}
loma kélék
cohag {{{co}}}

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kilik (“carried under the arm or on the hip”), from Austroasiatic (cf. Proto-Austroasiatic *klʔiək (“armpit”), Khmer ក្លៀក (kliək), Khmu [Cuang] klʔɛk, Vietnamese nách).[1] Cognate with Malay kelek, Javanese ꦏꦺꦭꦺꦏ꧀ (kélék), Tagalog kilik (“to carry on the hip supported by the arm”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɛ.lɛk/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ké‧lék

Noun

kélék (Sundanese script ᮊᮦᮜᮦᮊ᮪)

  1. (anatomy) armpit

Derived terms

  • ngélék
  • ngélék ngégél

References

  1. ^ Mahdi, Waruno (2024) “Austroasiatic loanwords in Austronesian languages”, in Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia‎[1], volume 25, number 3, article 3, →DOI, pages 371–414

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