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manusia.

a human

7 characters3 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun[ma.nuˈsi.a̯][maˈnuʃa̯]colloquial, nonstandard[maˈnuʃʲa̯]colloquial, nonstandard

  1. a human

  2. were- (indicates a person who changes shape into an animal)

    in-compounds
    manusia serigala
    manusia harimau
Where this word comes from

From Malay manusia, from Old Malay [script needed] (manuṣyà), from Sanskrit मनुष्य (manuṣyà, “human being”). Cognate with Latin manus (“hand”), English man and Manu. * Displaced native tawuh, from Proto-Austronesian *Cau (“human being”); whence Tagalog and Cebuano tawo.

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