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Indonesian
Etymology
From Betawi sentiong, from Chinese Hokkien 新塚／新冢, compound of 新 (sin, “new”) + 塚／冢 (thióng, “graveyard”). Compare to Tiong Bahru (literally “new graveyard”), a Singaporean housing estate.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: sên‧ti‧ong
Noun
sêntiong (first-person possessive sentiongku, second-person possessive sentiongmu, third-person possessive sentiongnya)
- Chinese graveyard.
- Hypernyms: kerkop, kuburan, pekuburan
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