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jilat.

to lick

5 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈd͡ʒilat/Standard-Indonesian[ˈd͡ʒi.lat̪̚]Standard-Indonesian

  1. to lick

  2. to bootlick, to brownnose, to butter up, to kiss up

    figuratively
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay jilat (“to lick”), from Proto-Malayic *dilah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq (“tongue”), from Proto-Austronesian *dilaq (“to lick”).

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