sepeda

See also: Sepeda

Indonesian

sepeda

Etymology

Borrowed from dialectal Dutch (standard Dutch vélocipède), from French vélocipède, from Latin velox (“swift”) + pes (“foot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈpɛ.da/

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• Hyphenation: sê‧pè‧da

Noun

sêpèda (plural sepeda-sepeda, first-person possessive sepedaku, second-person possessive sepedamu, third-person possessive sepedanya)

1. bicycle (vehicle)

   Synonyms: roda angin, kereta angin

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• bersepeda [stative / habitual] (beR-)
• pesepeda [passive / name of profession] (pe-)

Compound words

• sepeda dames
• sepeda dortrap
• sepeda gunung
• sepeda jengki
• sepeda kumbang
• sepeda mini
• sepeda motor
• sepeda motor sespan
• sepeda stasioner

 

Descendants

• → Javanese: ꦱꦼꦥꦺꦝ (sepédha), ꦱꦼꦥꦺꦝꦃ (sepédhah)
• → Malay: sepeda

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.

Noun

sepeda (Jawi spelling سڤيدا, plural sepeda-sepeda, informal 1st possessive sepedaku, 2nd possessive sepedamu, 3rd possessive sepedanya)

1. (Indonesia) 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.