sepur
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch spoor (“railway”), from Middle Dutch spor, from Old Dutch *spor, from Proto-Germanic *spurą, from Proto-Indo-European *sperH-.
- Semantic loan from Javanese ꦱꦼꦥꦸꦂ (sepur, “train”) for "train" sense, see above.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sêpur (first-person possessive sepurku, second-person possessive sepurmu, third-person possessive sepurnya)
- railway track, track gauge
- Awas kereta api. Dua sepur. ― Warning. Trains. Double track.
- (colloquial) train
- Synonyms: kereta, kereta api
Further reading edit
- “sepur” 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.
Javanese edit
Romanization edit
sepur
- Romanization of ꦱꦼꦥꦸꦂ.