sinse

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• sengsai
• singse

Etymology

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”). Doublet of sensei.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsinse/ [ˈsin.se]
• Rhymes: -inse
• Syllabification: sin‧se

Noun

sinse (plural sinse-sinse)

1. (religion) shaman
2. (traditional Chinese medicine) sinseh (traditional Chinese medicine doctor)

Related terms

• sensei

Further reading

• “sinse”, 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

Walloon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛ̃s/

Noun

sinse m

1. (grammar) sense