salempay

Sundanese

Sundanese register set
lemes	{{{le}}}
lemes ka sorangan	saputangan
lemes ka batur	salempay
loma	carécet
cohag	{{{co}}}

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *salampay (“hang of drape over the shoulder”).. Compare Malay selampai and Tagalog salampay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saləmˈpaj/ [sa.ləmˈpai̯]

Noun

salempay (Sundanese script ᮞᮜᮨᮙ᮪ᮕᮚ᮪)

1. handkerchief

Further reading

• "SALĔMPAJ", in Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij