relap
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Indonesian
Etymology 1
Inherited from Malay رلڤ (relap, “flash, glint”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /rəˈlap/
- Rhymes: -ap
- Syllabification: re‧lap
Noun
relap (uncountable)
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Etymology 2
Borrowed from English relapse, from Latin relapsus, past participle of relabi (“to slide back, fall back”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈrelap/
- Rhymes: -elap
- Syllabification: re‧lap
Noun
relap (uncountable)
- relapse:
- the act or situation of relapsing.
- (medicine) an occasion when a person becomes ill again after a period of improvement.
Further reading
- “relap” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.