postur

See also: póstur

Faroese

Etymology

From Danish post, from Middle French poste, from Italian posta (“stopping-place for coaches”), feminine of posto (“placed, situated”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʰɔstʊɹ]

Noun

postur m (genitive singular posts, plural postar)

1. post, postal service, postal system
2. mail
3. postman
4. post car, post boat
5. (finance) asset, item

Declension

m6	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	postur	posturin	postar	postarnir
accusative	post	postin	postar	postarnar
dative	posti	postinum	postum	postunum
genitive	posts	postsins	posta	postanna

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch postuur (“posture”), from Middle French posture, from Italian postura, from Latin positūra (“position, situation”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈpostur/ [ˈpos.t̪ʊr]
• Rhymes: -ostur
• Syllabification: pos‧tur

Noun

postur (plural postur-postur)

1. posture

   Synonym: perawakan

Derived terms

• berpostur

• postur pertahanan

Further reading

• “postur”, 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