sulih

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦱꦸꦭꦶꦃ (sulih, “representative; substitute”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsulih/ [ˈsu.lɪh]
• Rhymes: -ulih
• Syllabification: su‧lih

Noun

sulih (plural sulih-sulih)

1. replacement, substitute
2. representative

Derived terms

• bersulih
• disulih
• ketersulihan
• menyulih
• penyulih
• penyulihan
• tersulih

• sulih mata
• sulih teks

Descendants

• → Malay: سوليه (sulih)

Further reading

• “sulih” 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.

Javanese

Romanization

sulih

1. Romanization of ꦱꦸꦭꦶꦃ