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kerapu.

grouper (fish)

6 characters3 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/kəˈra.pu/
  1. grouper (fish)

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay kerapu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuʀapu (“the sea perch, giant rock cod, giant grouper, Epinephelus spp.”). Cognates Cognate with Tausug kulapu, Pangutaran Sama kulapu, Cebuano pugapo, Central Bikol pugapo, Ilocano kurapo, Tagalog kulapo, Tiruray kurafu, Ivatan korapo, Yami kozapo, Palauan ksaw and Sundanese kurapu.

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