kiai.
ulema
Meaning & usage
ulema
spiritual teacher
honorific for sacred treasure
honorific for tiger (Panthera tigris), when trespass the forest
district chief, in South Kalimantan
Where this word comes from
From Javanese kyai (ꦏꦾꦲꦶ), from Old Javanese kiya-kiya, kyayi (“respected person”). Semantic loan from Banjarese kiai for distric chief sense. Compare Proto-Malayic *akiʔ (“grandfather”) and Central Malay yai (“grandfather”).
kiai, the yell or shout uttered when performing a move in martial arts
Where this word comes from
From Japanese 気合(きあい) (kiai, “yell; spirit, fight”).
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