sepir
Indonesian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Dutch spier (“muscle”), from Middle Dutch spier (“pointed object; blade of grass; long pole; muscle”), from Old Dutch *spīr, from Proto-Germanic *spīraz, *spīrǭ.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /səˈpir/ [səˈpɪr]
- Rhymes: -ir
- Syllabification: se‧pir
Noun
sepir (plural sepir-sepir)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈsepir/ [ˈse.pɪr]
- Rhymes: -epir
- Syllabification: se‧pir
Noun
sepir (plural sepir-sepir)
- alternative form of sipir
Further reading
- “sepir”, 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