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Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay seteru, from Old Malay śatru, from Sanskrit शत्रु (śatru, “enemy, foe, rival”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: sê‧tê‧ru
Noun
sêtêru (first-person possessive seteruku, second-person possessive seterumu, third-person possessive seterunya)
- enemy.
- Synonym: musuh
Affixed terms
Further reading
Malay
Etymology
From Sanskrit शत्रु (śatru, “enemy, foe, rival”).
Noun
seteru (Jawi spelling سترو, plural seteru-seteru, informal 1st possessive seteruku, 2nd possessive seterumu, 3rd possessive seterunya)
- enemy, foe
- Synonym: musuh
References
Ternate
Pronunciation
Noun
seteru
- Alternative form of sataru (“enemy”)
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh