sepur

sepur

Indonesian

sepur (1)

sepur (2)

Etymology

From Dutch spoor (“railway”), from Middle Dutch spor, from Old Dutch *spor, from Proto-Germanic *spurą, from Proto-Indo-European *sperH-.

• Semantic loan from Javanese ꦱꦼꦥꦸꦂ (sepur, “train”) for "train" sense, see above.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈpur/
• Hyphenation: sê‧pur

Noun

sêpur (first-person possessive sepurku, second-person possessive sepurmu, third-person possessive sepurnya)

1. railway track

   Awas kereta api. Dua sepur. ― Warning. Trains. Double track.

2. (colloquial) train

   Synonyms: kereta, kereta api

Further reading

• “sepur” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Javanese

Romanization

sepur

1. Romanization of ꦱꦼꦥꦸꦂ.