sinse

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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”). Doublet of sensei.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sin.se/
  • Hyphenation: sin‧sé

Noun

sinse (first-person possessive sinseku, second-person possessive sinsemu, third-person possessive sinsenya)

  1. (religion) shaman
  2. (traditional Chinese medicine) traditional Chinese medicine doctor

Further reading

Walloon

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sɛ̃s/

Noun

sinse m

  1. (grammar) sense
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