swipoa

Indonesian

Etymology

From Hokkien 算盤／算盘 (sùiⁿ-pôaⁿ, “abacus”). Doublet of cempoa, cipoa, sempoa, sipoa, suipoa, and soroban.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈswi.poa̯]
Hyphenation: swi‧poa

Noun

swipoa (first-person possessive swipoaku, second-person possessive swipoamu, third-person possessive swipoanya)

abacus (Chinese).
Synonyms: dekak-dekak, cempoa, cipoa, sempoa, sipoa, suipoa, abakus

Further reading

“swipoa” 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.

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