sia-sia

Inherited from Malay sia-sia.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˌsia ˈsia/ [ˌsi.a ˈsi.a]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: si‧a-si‧a

sia-sia (not comparable)

1. in vain, no use, useless, wasted
2. fruitless
3. nonsense, ridiculous.
4. futile
5. unsuccessful

• “sia-sia”, 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

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• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /ˈsiəˌsiə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /ˈsiaˌsia/
• Rhymes: -ia, -a

sia-sia (Jawi spelling سيا٢, comparative lebih sia-sia, superlative paling sia-sia)

1. futile, pointless

• → Indonesian: sia-sia

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