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budak.

slave

5 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbudaʔ/Standard-Indonesian[ˈbu.daʔ]Standard-Indonesian/ˈbudak/Standard-Indonesian[ˈbu.dak̚]Standard-Indonesian

  1. slave

  2. child

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Malay budak (“child”), probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɗik, *ɗiik, *ɗiək (“slave”). The sense of slave is reinforced by Javanese ꦧꦸꦝꦏ꧀ (budhak, “slave”).

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