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batas.

border (the outer edge of something)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbatas/Standard-Indonesian[ˈba.t̪as]Standard-Indonesian

  1. border (the outer edge of something)

  2. limit (a restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go)

  3. cutoff

  4. bound

  5. boundary

  6. margin

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay batas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batəs. Doublet of watas. Cognate of Iban batas (“raised path”), Toba Batak batos, Javanese ꦮꦠꦼꦱ꧀ (wates), Balinese bates, and Sasak bates.

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