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buntut.

tail (of an animal)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbuntut/Standard-Indonesian[ˈbun̪.t̪ʊt̪̚]Standard-Indonesian
  1. tail (of an animal)

  2. result, consequence

  3. last digit(s) in the winning number(s) of an official lottery

  4. ellipsis of judi buntut (“numbers game; illegal lottery in which people guess the last digits of official lottery winning numbers”)

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Where this word comes from

From Malay buntut, from Proto-Malayic *buntut (“butt, posterior, end”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buntut (“rear end of a chicken”). Cognate with Javanese buntut (“tail”) and Tagalog buntot (“tail; butt”).

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