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mas.

older brother

3 characters1 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈmas/Standard-Indonesian[ˈmas]Standard-Indonesian
  1. older brother

    literally
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Javanese ꦩꦱ꧀ (mas, “brother, older brother; gold”), from Old Javanese mas, mās, ĕmas, hĕmas, from Sanskrit माष (māṣa, “particular weight of gold”).

pron/ˈmas/Standard-Indonesian[ˈmas]Standard-Indonesian
  1. Second-person male singular pronoun: you, your, yours

    formal
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Javanese ꦩꦱ꧀ (mas, “brother, older brother; gold”), from Old Javanese mas, mās, ĕmas, hĕmas, from Sanskrit माष (māṣa, “particular weight of gold”).

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