sedia
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay sedia, from Sanskrit साध्य (sādhya).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /səˈdia/ [səˈdi.a]
- Rhymes: -a
- Syllabification: se‧di‧a
Adverb
sêdia
- (archaic or poetic) as it has always been; from the beginning; as it was from the start
- (archaic or poetic) truly; indeed
- Synonyms: benar-benar, sebenarnya, memang
Derived terms
- sedianya
Verb
sêdia
- to be finished
- Synonym: jadi
- to be ready
- to be willing
- to be present; available
- Synonym: ada
- synonym of sudah, telah
Derived terms
- bersedia
- bersedia-sedia
- kesediaan
- ketersediaan
- mempersediakan
- menyediakan
- penyedia
- penyediaan
- persediaan
- sediaan
- tersedia
Further reading
- “sedia” 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.
Interlingua
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈse.dja/
Noun
sedia (plural sedias)
Italian
Etymology
From sedere.
The initial auto-gemination found in some regional Italian varieties seems to be unetymological.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɛ.dja/[1][2], (regional) */ˈsɛ.dja/[2]
- Rhymes: -ɛdja
- Hyphenation: sè‧dia
- (regional) IPA(key): /ˈse.dja/
Audio (una sedia): (file) - Rhymes: -edja
- Hyphenation: sé‧dia
Noun
sedia f (plural sedie)
Derived terms
- sedia a dondolo (“rocking chair, rocker”)
- sedia a rotelle (“wheelchair”)
- sedia a sdraio (“deck chair / deckchair”)
- sedia elettrica (“electric chair”)
- sediaio
Related terms
Descendants
See also
- poltrona (“armchair”)
References
- ^ sedia in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2025
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 sedia in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams
Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit साध्य (sādhya).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sədia/
- Rhymes: -dia, -ia, -a
Adverb
sedia (Jawi spelling سديا)
- from the beginning; in the beginning
- actually, indeed.
- Synonyms: benar-benar, sebenarnya, memang
- Yang hidup sedia akan mati juga sudahnya.
- Those who live will indeed one day die.
- already
- Synonym: sudah
- Alia sedia mengetahui soalan apa yang akan ditanyakan dalam ujian.
- Alia already knew what kind of questions will be asked in the test.
Adjective
sedia (Jawi spelling سديا)
Derived terms
- bersedia
- disediakan
- kesediaan
- menyediakan
- penyediaan
- persediaan
- sediakan
- sedianya
- siap sedia
- tersedia
Interjection
sedia (Jawi spelling سديا)
Descendants
- > Indonesian: sedia (inherited)
- → Tausug: saddiya
Further reading
- “sedia” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Portuguese
Verb
sedia
- inflection of sediar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative