napsoe

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Peranakan Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic نَفْس (nafs, spirit, life). Doublet of nafsoe.

Noun[edit]

napsoe

  1. passion, lust, appetite, anger
    kerna ja poenja napsoe birahi[1]...because the person has lust.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Tjoe Bou San (1907) Pembalesan Kedji (in Peranakan Indonesian), Sin Po, page 24