sipir

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch cipier, from Middle Dutch cipier, from Old French cepier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsipɪr]
• Hyphenation: si‧pir

Noun

sipir (first-person possessive sipirku, second-person possessive sipirmu, third-person possessive sipirnya)

1. jailor, warden, prison guard

Synonyms

• waden (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• “sipir” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.