nyeri

nyer (“to win”) +‎ -i (personal suffix)

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

nyeri

1. third-person singular indicative present definite of nyer

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

• nyeri (…) el, el … nyeri ― elnyeri ― elnyer
• nyeri (…) meg, meg … nyeri ― megnyeri ― megnyer
• and some more, see its derivatives with verbal prefixes.

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

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

nyeri (plural nyeri-nyeri)

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

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.

• → Javanese: ꦚꦼꦫꦶ (nyeri)

• “nyeri” 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.

nyeri

1. romanization of ꦚꦼꦫꦶ