sepilis
Indonesian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Dutch syfilis (“syphilis”), from New Latin syphilis.
Noun edit
sepilis (first-person possessive sepilisku, second-person possessive sepilismu, third-person possessive sepilisnya)
- (informal) alternative spelling of sifilis (“syphilis”).
- (derogatory, politics) acronym of sekularisme (“secularism”), pluralisme (“pluralism”) and liberalisme (“liberalism”).
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
sepilis (first-person possessive sepilisku, second-person possessive sepilismu, third-person possessive sepilisnya)
- (architecture) ceiling: the overhead interior surface that covers the upper limits of a room.
- Synonym: langit-langit
Further reading edit
- “sepilis” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.