jantan.
male (belonging or referring to the sex having the smaller gametes (of animals and plants))
Meaning & usage
male (belonging or referring to the sex having the smaller gametes (of animals and plants))
manly
male (of human)
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Malay jantan, from Javanese ꦗꦭꦸ (jalu), from Old Javanese jantĕn, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baluN. Displaced native balung (“male”, literally “bind, bundle”) which is also the origin of Javanese jalu.
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