sinyo

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay sinyo, then possibly from Kristang sinyor, in turn from Portuguese senhor (“mister, sir”), from Old Galician-Portuguese sennor, from Latin seniōrem, accusative of senior (“older”), comparative of senex (“old”), from Proto-Indo-European *sénos (“old”). Doublet of senior and senyur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsiɲo]
• Hyphenation: si‧nyo

Noun

sinyo (first-person possessive sinyoku, second-person possessive sinyomu, third-person possessive sinyonya)

1. unmarried European or Eurasian man

Descendants

• → Min Nan: 新橈／新桡, 新蟯／新蛲

Further reading

• “sinyo” 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.