serius

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from English serious and Dutch serieus, from Medieval Latin sēriōsus, an extension of Latin sērius (“grave, earnest, serious”), from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“heavy”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian)
  • IPA^(key): (Standard, English-influenced) /səˈrius/ [səˈri.ʊs]
  • IPA^(key): (Dutch-influenced) /sɛˈrius/ [sɛˈri.ʊs]
• Rhymes: -us
• Syllabification: se‧ri‧us

Adjective

sêrius

1. serious

Derived terms

• diseriusi
• keseriusan
• menyeriusi

Related terms

• seriosa

Further reading

• “serius”, 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