sepeda
See also: Sepeda
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from dialectal Dutch (standard Dutch vélocipède), from French vélocipède, from Latin velox (“swift”) + pes (“foot”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /səˈpɛda/ [səˈpɛ.da]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɛda
- Syllabification: se‧pe‧da
Noun
sêpèda (plural sepeda-sepeda)
- bicycle (vehicle)
- Synonyms: roda angin, kereta angin
- Synonym: basikal (Standard Malay)
Derived terms
Compound words
- sepeda dames
- sepeda dortrap
- sepeda gunung
- sepeda heren
- sepeda jengki
- sepeda kumbang
- sepeda lipat
- sepeda listrik
- sepeda mini
- sepeda motor
- sepeda motor sespan
- sepeda onthel
- sepeda stasioner
Descendants
- → Banjarese: sapida
- → Javanese: ꦱꦼꦥꦺꦝ (sepédha), ꦱꦼꦥꦺꦝꦃ (sepédhah)
- → Malay: sepeda
- → Tausug: supidda/sipidda
Further reading
- “sepeda” 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.
Malay
Etymology
From Indonesian sepeda, from dialectal Dutch (standard Dutch vélocipède), from French vélocipède, from Latin velox (“swift”) + pes (“foot”).
Noun
sepeda (Jawi spelling سڤيدا, plural sepeda-sepeda)
- (Indonesia, Riau) bicycle
- Synonyms: kereta angin, (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore) basikal
Further reading
- “sepeda” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.