sellum
Chinese Pidgin English
editAlternative forms
edit- 些林 (Chinese spelling)
Etymology
editVerb
editsellum
- to sell
- 1862, 唐景星 [Tong King-sing], 英語集全 [Chinese English Instructor], volume 6, marginalia, page 42; republished as “Pidgin English texts from the Chinese English Instructor”, in Michelle Li, Stephen Matthews and Geoff P. Smith, editor, Hong Kong Journal of Applied Linguistics[1], volume 10, number 1, 2005, pages 79-167:
- 孖結哪吉些林
*maa1 git3 no6 gat1 se1 lam4
Market no got sellum.
There is none in the market.
- 孖結哪吉些林
Maltese
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom a variant of Arabic سُلَّم (sullam). Cognate with Moroccan Arabic سلوم (sallūm).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsellum m (plural slielem)
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