senyur

Indonesian

Etymology

From Portuguese senhor, from Old Galician-Portuguese sennor, from Latin seniōrem, accusative of senior (“older”), comparative of senex (“old”), from Proto-Indo-European *sénos (“old”). Doublet of senior and sinyo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈseɲʊr]
• Hyphenation: sé‧nyur

Noun

senyur (first-person possessive senyurku, second-person possessive senyurmu, third-person possessive senyurnya)

1. (archaic) master

   Synonym: tuan

Further reading

• “senyur” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.