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kaum.

people

4 characters1 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkaum/Standard-Indonesian[ˈka.ʊm]Standard-Indonesian

  1. people

  2. family, relative

  3. group, class

  4. mosque worker

    archaic

  5. matrilineal descendant

    archaic

  6. the mediator in kauman, tasked with deciding the accuracy of the opponent's guess.

Where this word comes from

From Malay kaum, from Classical Malay kaum, from Arabic قَوْم (qawm).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.