sepeda motor
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Compound of sepeda (“bicycle”) + motor (“motor”), calque of Dutch motorfiets (“motorcycle”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sêpèda motor (plural sepeda-sepeda motor, first-person possessive sepeda motorku, second-person possessive sepeda motormu, third-person possessive sepeda motornya)
- (transport) motorcycle (open-seated motor-powered vehicle with two wheels)
Synonyms edit
- motosikal (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)
Further reading edit
- “sepeda motor” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.