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balut.

wrapper, wrapping

5 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈba.lʊt̪]
  1. wrapper, wrapping

  2. bandage: a strip of gauze or similar material used to protect or support a wound or injury

  3. balut: Asian street food consisting of a developing duck embryo boiled alive and eaten in the shell

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay balut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balut₂ (“roll or wrap something up”).

adj[ˈba.lʊt̪]
  1. thick like swelling

Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from Old Javanese balut (“redness and swollen”).

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