sugih

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦱꦸꦒꦶꦃ (sugih, “rich”), from Old Javanese sugih.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsu.ɡɪh/
Rhymes: -ɡɪh
Hyphenation: su‧gih

Noun

sugih

rich
Synonym: kaya

Derived terms

pesugihan

Further reading

“sugih” 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.

Javanese

Romanization

sugih

Romanization of ꦱꦸꦒꦶꦃ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *sgeh (“to acquire, to possess”).

Adjective

sugih

rich

Derived terms

kasugihan

Descendants

> Javanese: ꦱꦸꦒꦶꦃ (sugih) (inherited)
- → Indonesian: sugih
→ Balinese: ᬲᬸᬕᬶᬄ (sugih)

Further reading

"sugih" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

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