relap
Indonesian
Etymology 1
Inherited from Malay relap (“flash, glint”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /rəˈlap/ [rəˈlap̚]
- Rhymes: -ap
- Syllabification: re‧lap
Noun
rélap (plural relap-relap)
Derived terms
- merelap
- merelap-relap
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English relapse, from Latin relapsus, past participle of relabi (“to slide back, fall back”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈrelap/ [ˈre.lap̚]
- Rhymes: -elap
- Syllabification: re‧lap
Noun
rélap (uncountable)
- relapse (the act or situation of relapsing)
- (medicine) relapse (an occasion when a person becomes ill again after a period of improvement)
Further reading
- “relap” 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.