supel

See also: supeł

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch soepel (“supple, flexible”), from Old French souple, soupple (“soft, lithe, yielding”), from Latin supplic-, supplex (“suppliant, submissive, kneeling”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu.pəl/
• Rhymes: -pəl, -əl, -l
• Hyphenation: su‧pêl

Adjective

supêl

1. sociable

   Synonym: luwes

2. (medicine) non-tender

Further reading

• “supel” 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.