kota.
city,
Meaning & usage
city, a large settlement, bigger than a town; sometimes with a specific legal definition, depending on the place
city, the second-level urban administrative division in Indonesia
urbs (walled city)
Where this word comes from
From Malay kota, from Classical Malay kota, from Tamil கோட்டம் (kōṭṭam, “city”) or Sanskrit कोट्ट (koṭṭa, “city”). * The sense in government was coined by Indonesian politician Teuku Muhammad Hasan in 1945 to translate Dutch gemeente or stadsgemeente. * Displaced Dutch stad (“city, town”) by Komisi Bahasa Indonesia as published on Kanpō/Berita Pemerintah No.38 Year III Month 3 (2604) in 1944.
a small box made of pandan leaves, a place to store valuables, usually carried by the Serua indigenous people
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Serua [Term?].
to keep, to fullfill, to hold, to honor
Where this word comes from
Unknown
fence made of coral piles
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Blagar [Term?], probably cognate of Etymology 1.
a garden that has been fenced with a stone fence
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Kur [Term?], probably cognate of Etymology 1.
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