Sorobaya

Makasar

Etymology

From Javanese ꦯꦸꦫꦧꦪ (shurabaya).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /soroˈbaja/
  • Hyphenation: so‧ro‧ba‧ya

Proper noun

Sorobaya (Lontara spelling ᨔᨚᨑᨚᨅᨐ)

  1. Surabaya (the capital and largest city of East Java, Indonesia)
    ri Sorobayàʼ atterèng ri Batawi
    from Surabaya I went to Batavia by train.
  2. Sorobaya (a kampung in South Bontonompo, Gowa, South Sulawesi, Indonesia)

Compounds

  • mandike sorobaya
  • pandang sorobaya

Further reading

  • A. A. Cense (2024) Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek[1], Brill, →DOI