sepemakan sirih
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of sepemakan + sirih.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /səpəˌmakan ˈsirih/ [sə.pəˌma.kan ˈsi.rɪh]
- Syllabification: se‧pe‧ma‧kan si‧rih
Adverb
- in the same duration as a people person eating a betel
- (figurative, chiefly obsolete) a moment
- Synonym: sebentar
Further reading
- “sepemakan sirih” 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.