selter

Indonesian

Etymology

From English shelter, From Middle English sheltron, sheldtrume (“roof or wall formed by locked shields”), from Old English sċildtruma, sċyldtruma (“a phalanx, company (of troops), a tortoise, a covering, shed, shelter”, literally “shield-troop”), from sċyld, sċield (“shield”) + truma (“a troop of soldiers”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛltər]
• Hyphenation: sèl‧têr

Noun

sèltêr (first-person possessive selterku, second-person possessive seltermu, third-person possessive selternya)

1. shelter

Further reading

• “selter” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.