singse
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Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Hokkien 先生 (sin-seⁿ, “doctor; physician; teacher”), from 先 (sin, “earlier; first”) + 生 (seⁿ, “to be born”). Compare Japanese 先生 (sensei, “teacher; elder”).
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Noun[edit]
singse (first-person possessive singseku, second-person possessive singsemu, third-person possessive singsenya)
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Further reading[edit]
- “singse” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.