seteru

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay seteru, from Old Malay śatru, from Sanskrit शत्रु (śatru, “enemy, foe, rival”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /sətəˈru/ [sə.t̪əˈru]
• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: se‧te‧ru

Noun

sêtêru (plural seteru-seteru)

1. enemy

   Synonym: musuh

Derived terms

Affixations

• berseteru
• memperseterukan
• menyeterui
• perseteruan

Further reading

• “seteru”, 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

Malay

Alternative forms

• satru (Classical Malay)

Etymology

From Sanskrit शत्रु (śatru, “enemy, foe, rival”).

Pronunciation

• (Baku, schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /sətəˈru/ [sə.t̪əˈru]
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: se‧te‧ru

Noun

seteru (Jawi spelling سترو, plural seteru-seteru or seteru²)

1. Synonym of lawan (“enemy; opponent”)

Derived terms

Affixations

• berseteru
• memperseterukan
• menyeterui, seterui
• perseteruan

Compounds

• jayeng seteru (“ability to conquer foes”)

Descendants

• > Indonesian: seteru (inherited)
• → Acehnese: sitrèë
• → Tausug: satru'
• → Ternate: sataru

Further reading

• “seteru”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˌse.te.ˈɾuː]

Noun

seteru

1. alternative form of sataru (“enemy”)

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh