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kebut.

to disappear

5 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

verb/kəˈbʊt̚/
  1. to disappear

  2. to speed: to go fast; to exceed the speed limit

Where this word comes from

From Malay kebut, from Proto-Malayic *kabut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kabut. Doublet of kabut. * The colloquial senses are semantic loan from Betawi and Javanese ꦏꦼꦧꦸꦠ꧀ (kebut, “duster”), probably from Malay kebut (“to clean the dust”). * The speeding sense is a Javanese ꦏꦼꦧꦸꦠ꧀ (kebut, “to speed”), probably as extension of "to disappear" sense.

noun/kəˈbʊt̚/
  1. fan for shooing insect

    colloquial
  2. the referee ('s signal flag)

    colloquial
Where this word comes from

From Malay kebut, from Proto-Malayic *kabut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kabut. Doublet of kabut. * The colloquial senses are semantic loan from Betawi and Javanese ꦏꦼꦧꦸꦠ꧀ (kebut, “duster”), probably from Malay kebut (“to clean the dust”). * The speeding sense is a Javanese ꦏꦼꦧꦸꦠ꧀ (kebut, “to speed”), probably as extension of "to disappear" sense.

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