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ciu.

alcoholic beverage; liquor

3 characters1 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/t͡ʃiu/
  1. alcoholic beverage; liquor

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Where this word comes from

From Malay ciu from Hokkien 酒 (chiú, “alcoholic beverage; liquor”).

noun/ˈt͡ʃiu̯/Standard-Indonesian[ˈt͡ʃiu̯]Standard-Indonesian
  1. shrike-babbler (a songbird of the genus Pteruthius)

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