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dedes.

civet

5 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈdɛdɛs/Standard-Indonesian[ˈdɛ.dɛs]Standard-Indonesian

  1. civet

  2. musk

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay dedes, didis (“civet”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *didis (“civet cat”).

root/ˈdɛdɛs/Standard-Indonesian[ˈdɛ.dɛs]Standard-Indonesian

  1. to slice thinly

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Where this word comes from

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verb/ˈdədəs/Standard-Indonesian[ˈdə.dəs]Standard-Indonesian

  1. to probe, to ask by probing.

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay dĕdĕs (“to browbeat; to question insistently”) (Java Malay), from Javanese ꦝꦼꦝꦼꦱ꧀ (dhedhes, “to plague with questions”), from Old Javanese ḍĕḍĕs (“to press on”).

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