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Chinese Pidgin English
Etymology
From English sell.
Verb
sellum
- to sell
1862, 唐景星 [Tong King-sing], 英語集全 [Chinese English Instructor], volume VI, marginalia, page 42; republished as “Pidgin English texts from the Chinese English Instructor”, in Michelle Li, Stephen Matthews, Geoff P. Smith, editors, Hong Kong Journal of Applied Linguistics, volume 10, number 1, 2005, pages 79-167:
- 孖結哪吉些林
*maa1 git3 no6 gat1 se1 lam4
Market no got sellum.
There is none in the market.
Maltese
Etymology
From a variant of Arabic سُلَّم (sullam). Cognate with Moroccan Arabic سلوم (sallūm).
Pronunciation
Noun
sellum m (plural slielem)
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