swipoa

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• cempoa, cipoa, sipoa, suipoa

Etymology

From Zhangzhou Hokkien 算盤／算盘 (sùiⁿ-pôaⁿ, “abacus”). Doublet of sempoa and soroban.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈswi.poa̯]
• Hyphenation: swi‧poa

Noun

swipoa (first-person possessive swipoaku, second-person possessive swipoamu, third-person possessive swipoanya)

1. abacus (Chinese).

   Synonyms: dekak-dekak, sempoa, abakus

Further reading

• “swipoa” 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.