kelip-kelip
Indonesian
Etymology
Reduplication of kelip, inherited from Malay kelip-kelip.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /kəˌlip kəˈlip/ [kəˌlɪp̚ kəˈlɪp̚]
- Rhymes: -ip
- Syllabification: ke‧lip-ke‧lip
Noun
kelip-kelip (uncountable)
- firefly
- Synonym: kunang-kunang
- gold (silver and so on) paper for jewelry
- Synonyms: jemeki, loberci, kida-kida
Further reading
- “kelip-kelip”, 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
Malay
Etymology
Reduplication of kelip.
Noun
kelip-kelip (Jawi spelling کليڤ٢, plural kelip-kelip-kelip-kelip)
- firefly
- Synonym: kunang-kunang
Descendants
- > Indonesian: kelip-kelip (inherited)
Further reading
- “kelip-kelip”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017