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besut.

to rub

5 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

verb/bəˈsut/Standard-Indonesian[bəˈsʊt̪̚]Standard-Indonesian
  1. to rub

  2. to care, to foster, to train

    figuratively
  3. to play by pressing while shifting the pressure little by little to produce a long sound, usually done on a fiddle

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay besut (“to refine, to smooth out”).

noun/bəˈsut/Standard-Indonesian[bəˈsʊt̪̚]Standard-Indonesian
  1. playing by pressing while shifting the pressure little by little to produce a long sound, usually done on a fiddle

  2. transitional dance movement by lifting and then placing the supporting foot quickly in dances in the East Java region

  3. transitional dance movements from one style to the next in the Surakarta male style of Javanese dance

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay besut (“to refine, to smooth out”).

verb/bəˈsut/Standard-Indonesian[bəˈsʊt̪̚]Standard-Indonesian
  1. to gush, to spout, to spurt, to squirt

Where this word comes from

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