Hungarian

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Etymology

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nyer (to win) +‎ -i (personal suffix)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɲɛri]
  • Hyphenation: nye‧ri
  • Rhymes: -ri

Verb

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nyeri

  1. third-person singular indicative present definite of nyer

Usage notes

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This form also occurs when a verbal prefix is separated from the verb:

Indonesian

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Etymology

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Probably affixed iri (envious, jealous) +‎ meng-, borrowed from Sundanese ᮑᮨᮛᮤ (nyeri, ill, sick; pain). Compare to Javanese ꦱꦼꦫꦶꦏ꧀ (serik, offended, irritated), Javanese ꦱꦫꦶꦏ꧀ (sarik, extraordinary (magic) power).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɲəˈri]
  • Rhymes: -ri, -i
  • Hyphenation: nyê‧ri

Noun

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nyeri (first-person possessive nyeriku, second-person possessive nyerimu, third-person possessive nyerinya)

  1. (medicine, psychology) pain: an ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; hurt.

Usage notes

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The word is used to describe Dutch pijn (pain) in medical language. Although the word started to be used by public, public may describe it as sakit (which used to describe ill, illness as medical term) which similar to Standard Malay sakit.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Javanese: ꦚꦼꦫꦶ (nyeri)

Further reading

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Javanese

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Romanization

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nyeri

  1. Romanization of ꦚꦼꦫꦶ