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beri.

to give

4 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

verb/bəˈri/Standard-Indonesian[bəˈri]Standard-Indonesian
  1. to give

    dialectal · formal
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay beri, from Proto-Malayic *bəriʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀay, from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀay.

noun/ˈberi/Standard-Indonesian[ˈbe.ri]Standard-Indonesian
  1. berry (a small succulent fruit, of any one of many varieties)

  2. berry (a soft fruit which develops from a single ovary and contains seeds not encased in pits)

Where this word comes from

Anglicism, learned borrowing from English berry, from Middle English berye, from Old English berġe, from Proto-West Germanic *baʀi, from Proto-Germanic *bazją. * Coined by an unknown botanist to displace bési—a diminutive form of Dutch bes (compare Afrikaans bessie)—which can make a confusion with besi (“iron”). Both displaced native buni.

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