sepoi

Malay

Etymology

Doublet of sepui, maybe related to sapu "to sweep" and sepuk (“to fling carelessly, to heap”) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /səˈpoj/ [səˈpoi̯]
  • Hyphenation: se‧poi

Adjective

sepoi (Jawi spelling سڤوي, comparative lebih sepoi, superlative paling sepoi)

  1. (of winds) light, gentle, breezy
    Alternative form: sepui

Derived terms

Others

References

  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “sĕpoi”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 444

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