lurah.
the chief executive officer in a subdistrict, urbanized fourth-level administrative division, kelurahan, in Indonesia
Meaning & usage
the chief executive officer in a subdistrict, urbanized fourth-level administrative division, kelurahan, in Indonesia
the chief executive officer in a subdistrict, rural fourth-level administrative division, kalurahan, in Yogyakarta
Where this word comes from
* Inherited from Malay lurah (“valley; groove”). * Semantic loan from Javanese ꦭꦸꦫꦃ (lurah, “village chief”, literally “chief”) for the sense of a fourth-level administrative division chief executive officer (compare Old Javanese lurah (“chief, head, officer; plain, valley; ravine, depth, gorge”)).
valley
groove
Where this word comes from
* Inherited from Malay lurah (“valley; groove”). * Semantic loan from Javanese ꦭꦸꦫꦃ (lurah, “village chief”, literally “chief”) for the sense of a fourth-level administrative division chief executive officer (compare Old Javanese lurah (“chief, head, officer; plain, valley; ravine, depth, gorge”)).
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