selai

Indonesian

Etymology

From Portuguese geleia (“jelly, jam”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [səˈlai̯]
• Hyphenation: sê‧lai

Noun

selai or sêlai

1. jam, sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar.

   Synonym: jem

   selai nanas ― pineapple jam

Alternative forms

• sele

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Verb

selai

1. second-person plural imperative of selar