How to pronounce selkie
American English pronunciation
SEL-kee
- IPA
- /ˈsɛlki/
- Syllables
- SEL · kee (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What selkie means
A seal in old tales that can shed its skin to be human
In a sentence: In the story, the selkie hid her sealskin under a rock on the beach.
Where it comes from: It comes from Scotland, where the old name selkie folk meant seal folk.
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