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dedak.

bran: the broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain

5 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/dəˈdak/Standard-Indonesian[dəˈdak̚]Standard-Indonesian
  1. bran: the broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay dedak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dəkdək (“pulverize, crush by pounding”) (compare Maguindanao dedek, Tagalog darak (“bran”) or Proto-Mon-Khmer *lʔək (“rice-bran”).

adj/dəˈdak/Standard-Indonesian[dəˈdak̚]Standard-Indonesian
  1. synonym of sempit

  2. synonym of sesak

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