sepir

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch spier (“muscle”), from Middle Dutch spier (“pointed object; blade of grass; long pole; muscle”), from Old Dutch *spīr, from Proto-Germanic *spīraz, *spīrǭ.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /səˈpir/ [səˈpɪr]
• Rhymes: -ir
• Syllabification: se‧pir

Noun

sepir (plural sepir-sepir)

1. (colloquial) muscle

   Synonyms: otot, urat

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsepir/ [ˈse.pɪr]
• Rhymes: -epir
• Syllabification: se‧pir

Noun

sepir (plural sepir-sepir)

1. alternative form of sipir

Further reading

• “sepir”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016