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gardu.

sentry-box, guard post

5 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɡar.du/
  1. sentry-box, guard post

  2. booth

  3. substation

Where this word comes from

From Javanese ꦒꦂꦝꦸ (gardhu), from Portuguese guarda (“guard”), from Old Galician-Portuguese guardar, from Medieval Latin wardō, from Frankish *wardōn, from Proto-Germanic *wardāną (“to guard”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to heed, defend”). Doublet of garda.

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