sepeda

See also: Sepeda

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from archaic Dutch vélocipède, from French vélocipède, from Latin velox (“swift”) + pes (“foot”). Compare with Belgian Dutch velo.

Pronunciation

(Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /səˈpɛda/ [səˈpɛ.da]
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ɛda
Syllabification: se‧pe‧da

Noun

sêpèda (plural sepeda-sepeda)

bicycle (vehicle)
Synonyms: kereta angin (dated, figurative), pit, roda angin, basikal (Standard Malay)

Derived terms

Affixations

bersepeda (“to go cycling”)
pesepeda (“cyclist”)

Compound words

sepeda balap (“ road bike; road bicycle; racing bicycle”)
sepeda dames (“lady's bike”)
sepeda dortrap (“fixed-gear bicycle”)
sepeda gunung (“mountain bike”)
sepeda heren
sepeda jengki
sepeda kumbang
sepeda lipat (“folding bicycle”)
sepeda listrik (“e-bike”)
sepeda mini
sepeda motor (“motorcycle”)
sepeda motor sespan
sepeda ontel
sepeda stasioner (“stationary bike”)

Descendants

→ Banjarese: sapida
→ Javanese: ꦱꦼꦥꦺꦝ (sepédha), ꦱꦼꦥꦺꦝꦃ (sepédhah)
→ Malay: sepeda
→ Tausug: supidda, sipidda

Further reading

“sepeda”, 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

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian sepeda, from dialectal Dutch (standard Dutch vélocipède), from French vélocipède, from Latin velox (“swift”) + pes (“foot”).

Pronunciation

(schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /səˈpedə/ [səˈpe.də]
Rhymes: -də, -ə
(/a/-variety, Baku, Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /səpəˈda/ [sə.pəˈda]
Rhymes: -da, -a
Hyphenation: se‧pe‧da

Noun

sepeda (Jawi spelling سڤيدا, plural sepeda-sepeda or sepeda²)

(Indonesia, Riau) bicycle
Synonyms: kereta angin (obsolete), basikal (Standard Malay)

Further reading

"sepeda" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017