sentiong

Indonesian

Etymology

From Betawi sentiong, from Chinese Hokkien 新塚／新冢, compound of 新 (sin, “new”) +‎ 塚 / 冢 (thióng, “graveyard”). Compare to Tiong Bahru (literally “new graveyard”), a Singaporean housing estate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sənˈtiɔŋ]
• Hyphenation: sên‧ti‧ong

Noun

sêntiong (plural sentiong-sentiong)

1. Chinese graveyard

   Hypernyms: kerkop, kuburan, pekuburan

Further reading

• “sentiong”, 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