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lelaki.

male (belonging or referring to the sex having the smaller gametes (of humans))

6 characters3 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

adj/ləˈlaki/[ləˈla.ki]
  1. male (belonging or referring to the sex having the smaller gametes (of humans))

Where this word comes from

From Malay lelaki, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (compare Madurese lalake, Tagalog lalaki). Partial reduplication of laki or infixed from laki + -el-. Compare morphologically bini from *bahi + *-in-.

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