sirih

Malay sirih.

sirih (uncountable)

1. A vining plant of Sumatra, whose leaves may be chewed with betel nuts or used medicinally to shrink the vagina after childbirth.

• Irish, Rishi, rishi

From Malay sirih.

• IPA^(key): [ˈsirɪh]
• Hyphenation: si‧rih

sirih (first-person possessive sirihku, second-person possessive sirihmu, third-person possessive sirihnya)

1. betel, betel pepper:
   1. an evergreen Indian creeping shrub, Piper betle.
   2. dried leaves of plant above are chewed with betel nut

• “sirih” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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sirih (informal 1st possessive sirihku, 2nd possessive sirihmu, 3rd possessive sirihnya)

1. betel, betel pepper:
   1. an evergreen Indian creeping shrub, Piper betle.
   2. dried leaves of plant above are chewed with betel nut

• Indonesian: sirih
• → English: sirih
• → Min Nan: 絲里／丝里 (si-lí)

• “sirih” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

sirih

1. locative dual/plural of sir