selam

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Etymology

From Malay selam, from Classical Malay selam, from Proto-Austronesian *selem₁ (“sink, immerse oneself in water, dive into the water; to set, of the sun”).

Pronunciation

Verb

selam

  1. to dive

Conjugation

Conjugation of selam (meng-, intransitive)
Root selam
Active Involuntary Passive Imperative Jussive
Active menyelam terselam diselam selam selamlah
Locative menyelami terselami diselami selami selamilah
Causative / Applicative1 menyelamkan terselamkan diselamkan selamkan selamkanlah
Causative
Active memperselam terperselam diperselam perselam perselamlah
Locative memperselami terperselami diperselami perselami perselamilah
Causative / Applicative1 memperselamkan terperselamkan diperselamkan perselamkan perselamkanlah
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Notes:
Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *selem₁ (“sink, immerse oneself in water, dive into the water; to set, of the sun”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /səlam/
  • Rhymes: -əlam, -lam, -am
  • Audio (MY)(file)

Verb

selam (Jawi spelling سلم)

  1. to dive
    Itam telah menyelam ke dalam kolam itu seorang diri.
    Itam dived into that pool by himself.

Derived terms

Further reading

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

Noun

selam m

  1. Alternative form of silav

Portuguese

Verb

selam

  1. third-person plural present indicative of selar

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سلام (selam), from Arabic سَلَام (salām).

Pronunciation

Interjection

selam

  1. hi

Noun

selam (definite accusative selamı, plural selamlar)

  1. "hello" or an equivalent greeting

Declension

Inflection
Nominative selam
Definite accusative selamı
Singular Plural
Nominative selam selamlar
Definite accusative selamı selamları
Dative selama selamlara
Locative selamda selamlarda
Ablative selamdan selamlardan
Genitive selamın selamların

See also

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