sepeda motor

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of sepeda (“bicycle”) +‎ motor (“motor”), calque of Dutch motorfiets (“motorcycle”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /səˌpɛda ˈmotor/ [səˌpɛ.da ˈmo.t̪ɔr]

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• Rhymes: -otor
• Syllabification: se‧pe‧da mo‧tor

Noun

sêpèda motor (plural sepeda-sepeda motor)

1. motorcycle

Synonyms

• honda
• kereta (Medan)
• motor
• motosikal (Malay)

Further reading

• “sepeda motor”, 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