selira

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦱꦭꦶꦫ (salira, “body”), from Old Javanese śarīra (“body”), from Sanskrit शरीर (śarīra, “body”). Doublet of sarira.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /səˈlira/ [səˈli.ra]
• Rhymes: -ira
• Syllabification: se‧li‧ra

Noun

sêlira (plural selira-selira)

1. (obsolete) body

   Synonyms: badan, tubuh

Alternative forms

• selera

Further reading

• “selira”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016