sinyo
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay sinyo, then possibly from Kristang sinyor, in turn from Portuguese senhor (“mister, sir”), from Old Galician-Portuguese sennor, from Latin seniōrem, accusative of senior (“older”), comparative of senex (“old”), from Proto-Indo-European *sénos (“old”). Doublet of senior and senyur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsiɲo]
- Hyphenation: si‧nyo
Noun
sinyo (first-person possessive sinyoku, second-person possessive sinyomu, third-person possessive sinyonya)
Descendants
- → Min Nan: 新橈／新桡, 新蟯／新蛲
Further reading
- “sinyo” 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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