lilin

See also: lílin and lìlín

English

Noun

lilin (plural lilins)

  1. A supernatural being in ancient Mesopotamian folklore, and later in Jewish folklore in which they are associated with Lilith.

Translations

See also

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay lilin, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lilin.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈlilɪn]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: li‧lin

Noun

lilin (plural lilin-lilin, first-person possessive lilinku, second-person possessive lilinmu, third-person possessive lilinnya)

  1. candle

Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • pelilin [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
  • pelilinan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
  • melilin [agent focus] (meN-)
  • dililin [patient focus] (di-)
  • berlilin [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

lilin

  1. Romanization of ꦭꦶꦭꦶꦤ꧀

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lilin.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lilin/
  • Rhymes: -ilin, -lin, -in
  • (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): [ˈlilɪn, -len, -le̞n]

Noun

lilin (Jawi spelling ليلين, plural lilin-lilin, informal 1st possessive lilinku, 2nd possessive lilinmu, 3rd possessive lilinnya)

  1. candle; wax candle
    Synonym: dian
  2. wax
  3. beeswax

Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • pelilin [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
  • pelilinan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
  • melilin [agent focus] (meN-)
  • dililin [patient focus] (di-)
  • berlilin [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Descendants
  • Indonesian: lilin

Further reading

Minangkabau

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lilin.

Noun

lilin

  1. candle

Sambali

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lilin.

Noun

lilín

  1. wax
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