sengsai
Indonesian
Etymology 1
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”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɛŋ.sai/
- Hyphenation: sèng‧sai
Noun
sengsai (first-person possessive sengsaiku, second-person possessive sengsaimu, third-person possessive sengsainya)
- (informal) alternative spelling of sinse (“shaman, traditional Chinese medicine doctor”).
Related terms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /səŋ.sai/
- Hyphenation: sêng‧sai
Noun
sengsai (first-person possessive sengsaiku, second-person possessive sengsaimu, third-person possessive sengsainya)
- Alternative form of sansai.
Further reading
- “sengsai” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
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