swipoa

Indonesian

Alternative forms

  • cempoa, cipoa, sipoa, suipoa

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

swipoa (plural swipoa-swipoa)

  1. abacus (Chinese)
    Synonyms: dekak-dekak, sempoa, abakus

Further reading

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