sebangsa
Indonesian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /səˈbaŋsa/ [səˈbaŋ.sa]
- Rhymes: -aŋsa
- Syllabification: se‧bang‧sa
Adjective
sebangsa (not comparable)
Preposition
sebangsa
- (by extension, colloquial) a type of, kind, sort; like, such as
- Synonyms: bangsa, semacam, sejenis
- Lembu adalah sebangsa binatang menyusui ― Cattle are a type of mammal
- 2011 February 22, Aulia Rachma, “I'm not menye-menye anymore :D”, in Rachaulia.com[1] (blog), archived from the original on 17 September 2025:
- Menye-menye itu, mm[sic] [...] sebangsa melankolis berlebihan yang sangat akut [...]
- Being miffy, hmm [...] is like an extremely acute and overwhelming melancholy [...]
- 2018 May 31, Adwin Mahyudi, “Sekilas Mengenal Makanan Khas Daerah Provinsi Kepulauan Bangka Belitung”, in Badan Penghubung Daerah Provinsi Kepulauan Bangka Belitung [The Bangka Belitung Islands Provincial Liaison Agency][2], archived from the original on 7 August 2022:
- Di Bangka Belitung, jenis makanan sebangsa kerupuk sangat beragam dan selalu campuran utamanya ikan, cumi-cumi dan udang.
- In Bangka Belitung, the types of food such as of the krupuk sort are very diverse, and always mainly consisting of a mixture of fish, squid and shrimp.
Further reading
- “sebangsa”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016