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ketua.

chief, leader, headman

5 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/kəˈtua/Standard-Indonesian[kəˈt̪u.a]Standard-Indonesian

  1. chief, leader, headman

  2. chairman, chairwoman, chairperson

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay ketua, by surface analysis, ke- + tua. The sense "chairman" is a semantic loan from Japanese 会長(かいちょう) (kaichō, “chairman”) (compare kaityoo).

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