seru
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Pronunciation
Verb
seru
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /səˈru/ [səˈru]
- Rhymes: -u
- Syllabification: se‧ru
Etymology 1
From Malay seru, from Sanskrit श्रु (śru, “to listen, hear; learn”).
Noun
sêru (first-person possessive seruku, second-person possessive serumu, third-person possessive serunya)
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Malay seru, from Javanese ꦱꦼꦫꦸ (seru, “loud, strong”), ꦱꦿꦸ (sru, “loud, strong”), from Old Javanese sru, probably from Sanskrit श्रु (śru, “to listen, hear; learn”).
Adjective
seru
- cruel, harsh, strict, severe.
- Synonym: bengis
- sharp, powerful, violent, furious, severe, intense
- Synonyms: hebat, sengit
Derived terms
Etymology 3
From Malay seru, from Sanskrit सर्व (sarva, “all”). Doublet of sarwa and serba.
Adjective
seru
Etymology 4
From Arabic سَرْو (sarw, “cypress”).
Noun
sêru (first-person possessive seruku, second-person possessive serumu, third-person possessive serunya)
- needlewood tree (Schima bancana).
- Synonyms: medang gatal, puspa
Further reading
- “seru” 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.
Romanization
seru
Noun
serū n (genitive serūs); fourth declension (hapax)
- Alternative form of serum
- C.E. 4th C., Flavius Sosipater Charisius (author), Heinrich Keil (editor), Ars Grammatica (1857), page 31:
Declension
Fourth-declension noun (neuter).
Noun
seru m
- inflection of sers:
Etymology
From Spanish cerro and Portuguese cerro and Kabuverdianu séra.
Noun
seru
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