seiyu

Indonesian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 声優(せいゆう) (seiyū), from Middle Chinese 聲 (*ɕiɛ̝ŋ, “sound, voice”) + 優 (*ʔɨu, “actor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈseiju]
• Hyphenation: séi‧yu

Noun

seiyu (first-person possessive seiyuku, second-person possessive seiyumu, third-person possessive seiyunya)

1. voice actor, an actor who provides voices or voice-overs for radio drama, animations, commercials, dubbed films, games in Japanese context.

   Hypernyms: pengisi suara, aktor suara

Further reading

• “seiyu” 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.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 声優 (seiyū).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈseiʝu/ [ˈsei̯.ʝu]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈseiʝu/ [ˈsei̯.ʝu]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈseiʃu/ [ˈsei̯.ʃu]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈseiʒu/ [ˈsei̯.ʒu]

• Rhymes: -eiʝu
• Syllabification: sei‧yu

Noun

seiyu m or f by sense (plural seiyus or seiyu)

1. voice actor (in Japanese)