ꦱꦼꦥꦸꦂ

Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch spoor (“railway track”), from Middle Dutch spor, from Old Dutch *spor, from Proto-Germanic *spurą, from Proto-Indo-European *sperH-.[1]

Noun

ꦱꦼꦥꦸꦂ (sepur)

  1. train

Descendants
  • → Indonesian: sepur (“train”) (semantic loan)

References
  1. Nicoline van der Sijs (2010) Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd‎ (in Dutch), Den Haag: Sdu Uitgevers, →ISBN, →OCLC

Further reading
  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “sepur”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
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