Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
A highly colloquial or basilectal variety of Singapore English incorporating much Hokkien and Malay lexis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Singapore, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any of various varieties of English spoken in Sri Lanka.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Sri-Lanka, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Blend of Singaporean + English.
Blend of Sinhala + English, or, Sri Lanka + English
Across languages
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
