siwer

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦱꦶꦮꦼꦂ (siwer).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsiwər/ [ˈsi.wər]
• Rhymes: -iwər
• Syllabification: si‧wer

Adjective

siwêr (comparative lebih siwer, superlative paling siwer) (dialectal, Java)

1. bluish, grayish
2. less careful

Further reading

• “siwer”, 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

Javanese

Romanization

siwer

1. romanization of ꦱꦶꦮꦼꦂ