sengsai
Indonesian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Hokkien 先生 (sin-seⁿ, “doctor; physician; teacher”), from 先 (sin, “earlier; first”) + 生 (seⁿ, “to be born”). Compare Japanese 先生 (sensei, “teacher; elder”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sengsai (first-person possessive sengsaiku, second-person possessive sengsaimu, third-person possessive sengsainya)
Alternative forms edit
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sengsai (first-person possessive sengsaiku, second-person possessive sengsaimu, third-person possessive sengsainya)
- Alternative form of sansai.
Further reading edit
- “sengsai” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.