soʼri

Makasar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsoʔri/, [ˈsoʔ.ri]
• Hyphenation: soʼ‧ri

Noun

soʼri (Lontara spelling ᨔᨚᨑᨗ)

1. foam skimmed during the cooking of sago palm sugar, typically placed in bamboo.
2. a delicacy sold in markets, often eaten with taipa lolo (ripe mango) or kaluku lolo (young coconut).

Verb

soʼri (Lontara spelling ᨔᨚᨑᨗ, semi-transitive annyoʼri)

1. (transitive) to try, taste, test (e.g., to check if something is good or ready).

   Soʼrisài anne soka ― Taste this soup.

   Synonym: coba

Affixations

• annyoʼri
• pannyoʼri
• pasoʼri
• passoʼri
• sisoʼri

 

Further reading

• A. A. Cense (2024) Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek‎^[1], Brill, →DOI