sisir

Cognate to Sundanese sisir.

• IPA^(key): /si.sir/

sisir

1. comb

sisir

1. to comb (use a comb to groom hair, fur etc.)

• IPA^(key): /siˈsir/

sisir

1. past infinitive of sisar

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsisir/ [ˈsi.sɪr]

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• Rhymes: -isir
• Syllabification: si‧sir

Inherited from Malay sisir. Cognate to Sundanese sisir.

sisir (plural sisir-sisir)

1. comb

   Synonym: (uncommon) sikat

2. harrow
3. bunch (of banana)
4. shuttle comb (on a weaving loom)

sisir (actice menyisir, passive disisir)

1. to comb

Learned borrowing from Old Javanese sisir (“side”).

sisir (actice menyisir, passive disisir)

1. to trace

   Synonym: susur

• “sisir” 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.

sisir

1. romanization of ꦱꦶꦱꦶꦂ

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sisir.^[1] Cognate with Malay sisir

sisir (Sundanese script ᮞᮤᮞᮤᮁ)

1. comb
2. bunch (of banana)

sisir (Sundanese script ᮞᮤᮞᮤᮁ)

1. classifier for a bunch of bananas

   cau sasisir

   a bunch of bananas

• "SISIR", in Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij