seiyu
Indonesian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 声優 (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)
- 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: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Spanish
Etymology
From Japanese 声優 (seiyū).
Pronunciation
- 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 (plural seiyus or seiyu)
- voice actor (in Japanese)