sellum

• 些林 (Chinese spelling)

From English sell.

sellum

1. 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, 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.

• sellun (dialectal)

From a variant of Arabic سُلَّم (sullam). Cognate with Moroccan Arabic سلوم (sallūm).

• IPA^(key): /sɛlˈluːm/

sellum m (plural slielem)

1. ladder