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dalih.

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5 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈda.lɪh]

  1. pretext

    Pungutan itu dilakukan dengan dalih untuk dana kesejahteraan

  2. excuse, quibble

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay dalih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dalih (“be the reason for an action”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.