sepeda

See also: Sepeda

Indonesian

sepeda

Etymology

Borrowed from dialectal Dutch (standard Dutch vélocipède), from French vélocipède, from Latin velox (“swift”) + pes (“foot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈpɛ.da/

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• Hyphenation: sê‧pè‧da

Noun

sêpèda (plural sepeda-sepeda)

1. bicycle (vehicle)

   Synonyms: roda angin, kereta angin

   Synonym: basikal (Standard Malay)

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• bersepeda [stative / habitual] (beR-)
• pesepeda [passive / name of profession] (pe-)

Compound words

• sepeda dames
• sepeda dortrap
• sepeda gunung
• sepeda heren
• sepeda jengki
• sepeda kumbang
• sepeda lipat
• sepeda listrik
• sepeda mini
• sepeda motor
• sepeda motor sespan
• sepeda onthel
• sepeda stasioner

Descendants

• → Banjarese: sapida
• → Javanese: ꦱꦼꦥꦺꦝ (sepédha), ꦱꦼꦥꦺꦝꦃ (sepédhah)
• → Malay: sepeda
• → Tausug: supidda/sipidda

Further reading

• “sepeda” 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.

Malay

Etymology

From Indonesian sepeda, from dialectal Dutch (standard Dutch vélocipède), from French vélocipède, from Latin velox (“swift”) + pes (“foot”).

Noun

sepeda (Jawi spelling سڤيدا, plural sepeda-sepeda)

1. (Indonesia, Riau) bicycle

   Synonyms: kereta angin, (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore) basikal

Further reading

• “sepeda” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.