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selekeh

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Singapore/səˈleɪkeɪ/

selekeh adjective: slovenly, unkempt.

Adjective

selekeh (comparative more selekeh, superlative most selekeh)

  1. (Singapore, Singlish) Slovenly, unkempt.
    • Selekeh in all things, he was small and dark with a badly pock-marked face and a chin so weak it seemed to rest halfway down his neck. Nonetheless Mahmud had been the most popular of Usman Khalid's four sons-in-law: […]1996, Heroes and Other Stories, page 73

Forms of selekeh

comparativemore selekeh
superlativemost selekeh

Origin of selekeh

Unadapted borrowing from Malay selekeh.

Questions about selekeh

What does selekeh mean?
Selekeh means slovenly, unkempt.
What part of speech is selekeh?
Selekeh is an adjective.
How do you pronounce selekeh?
Selekeh is pronounced /səˈleɪkeɪ/ (Singapore).

Words near selekeh in the dictionary

  1. selects
  2. selects out
  3. selectwoman
  4. selectwomen
  5. selegiline
  6. selekeh
  7. selen-
  8. Selena
  9. selena-
  10. selenane
  11. selenanes

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