Halo semuanya, ketemu lagi sama saya, Iman Prabawa. In this article, I want to talk to you about the meaning of the word [seuprit] in Indonesian. As always, we are also going to be looking at examples from videos, articles, comics, movies, and whatnot where Indonesians use the word [seuprit].
Seuprit In Indonesian
[Seuprit] means something that is very small or a very small amount of something.
Example sentences:
1. Ngenes! 7 momen netizen pesan makanan online, tapi dapatnya ‘seuprit.’ (What a shame! 7 moments when netizens ordered food online, but only got a tiny amount.)
Here, as you can see in the picture, there is only a small amount of food.
2. ‘Seuprit, harga selangit.’ Harga tas mewah Syahrini ini bikin netizen sesak napas, padahal ukurannya tak seberapa. (’Tiny, but ridiculously expensive.” The price of Syahrini’s luxury bag left netizens speechless, even though the bag itself is quite small. )
The bag is small, but its price is very high. [Seuprit] here refers to the size of the bag, which netizens consider to be very small.
3. Seuprit potret keluarga idaman dalam Al-Quran. (A little glimpse of the ideal family in the Quran.)
Here, [seuprit] has the same meaning as [sedikit], meaning a little or a small amount. So, in this headline, you could replace [seuprit] with [sedikit] without significantly changing the meaning.
How to Pronounce Seuprit
Here is how you pronounce [seuprit] in Bahasa Indonesia.
Moving on, let’s watch examples from videos and movies where Indonesians use the word [seuprit].
Examples of Seuprit in Use
The first example we are about to watch is from CNBC’s YouTube channel. Let’s watch the clip below.
Below is the transcript from the clip, along with the English translation:
Pembawa Berita: Saya akan coba rangkum untuk Anda, ini, berapa angka UMP tertinggi dan terendah dari setiap provinsi dan prediksi inflasi ke depannya. Apakah UMP yang naiknya menurut para buruh ini seuprit sanggup mengejar biaya hidup yang baru dirilis BPS. Atau bisa jadi malah makin ngos-ngosan nih? Simak ya, dalam biaya hidup di Jakarta 15 juta rupiah, UMP 5 juta rupiah. Apakah kantong aman? Kita lihat slide yang pertama. (Let me break this down for you. We’ll take a look at the highest and lowest provincial minimum wages, or UMP, across Indonesia, as well as projections for future inflation. The question is: can this tiny increase in the UMP—as workers have described it—keep up with the cost of living figures that were just released by BPS? Or are people going to be struggling even more to make ends meet? Take Jakarta, for example. The estimated cost of living is 15 million rupiah, while the UMP is only 5 million rupiah. Is that enough to get by? Let’s take a look at the first slide.)
[Seuprit] in this clip refers to the labor wage increase that the laborers consider very small.
Vocabulary From the Clip
[Pembawa berita] = news anchor.
[Saya] = I.
[Coba] = try.
[Rangkum] = summarize.
[Ini] = this. For more about this, you can read my article: Ini, Ni, and Nih in Indonesian.
[UMP] stands for Upah Minimum Provinsi = provincial minimum wage.
[Tertinggi] = the highest.
[Terendah] = the lowest.
[BPS] stands for Badan Pusat Statistik = Statistics Indonesia. BPS is a non-departmental government institute in Indonesia responsible for conducting statistical surveys.
[Buruh] = labor.
[Ngos-ngosan] means to breathe loudly and with difficulty, trying to get more air. A synonym for [ngos-ngosan] is [terengah-engah]. [Ngos-ngosan] in this context refers to wages that are very small, which makes it difficult for laborers to make ends meet.
[Biaya hidup] = cost of living.
[Rp 15 juta] is read [15 juta rupiah], and [Rp 5 juta] is read [5 juta rupiah].
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