gĕlis

Old Javanese

Etymology

Unknown, probably from Proto-Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-qiliR (“flow down, downstream”), Proto-Austronesian *-liR.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡə.lis/
• Rhymes: -lis
• Hyphenation: gĕ‧lis

Noun

gĕlis

1. swiftness, speed
2. impetus, drive
3. pressure
4. vehemence

Alternative forms

• glis

Derived terms

• aglis
• agĕgĕlisan
• agĕlis
• ginlis
• ginlisakĕn
• ginĕlis
• gĕli-gĕlis
• parigĕlis

 

• baraṅ gĕlis
• hop glis
• hop glisan
• hurip gĕlis
• tar gĕlis

 

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦒꦼꦭꦶꦱ꧀ (gelis) (inherited)

Further reading

• "gĕlis" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.