Bahasa Melayu

seelok

Bahasa Melayu

English

as beautiful as, as good as, as lovely as

Used to compare one thing with another in the same degree.

سايلوق

Examples

Contoh ayat

  1. Rumah baharu itu seelok rumah lama mereka.

    The new house is as good as their old one.

  2. Bunga di laman itu seelok bunga di taman bandar.

    The flowers in that yard are as lovely as the flowers in the city park.

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What does “as beautiful as” mean in Malay?

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seelok

Used for comparison of the same degree.

Word family

Common derived forms

elok
beautiful; good; nice
memperelok
to make more beautiful; to improve further
mengelokkan
to beautify; to improve; to bend or turn

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Historical MyKamus entry, originally published 30 September 2010.