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muka.

face

4 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈmuka/Standard-Indonesian[ˈmu.ka]Standard-Indonesian

  1. face the front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose and mouth, and the surrounding area.

  2. face public image; outward appearance.

    figuratively

  3. face any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron; more generally, any of the bounding pieces of a polytope of any dimension.

  4. act, façade, front, persona, show: an intentional and false impression of oneself

  5. person

  6. typeface

  7. page (one side of a leaf of a book)

    rare

  8. previous event or occurence

  9. future

    future

  10. short for permukaan (“surface”)

    abbreviation · alt-of · in-compounds
Where this word comes from

From Malay muka, from Classical Malay [script needed] (muka), from Old Malay [script needed] (mukha), from Sanskrit मुख (mukha). * Displaced native words muha (a regular reflex of Proto-Malayic *muha (“face; front”)), dahi (now chiefly meaning “forehead”) from Proto-Malayic *dahi from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daqih from Proto-Austronesian *daqiS (“forehead; face”), and Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mujiŋ (“human face, nose”) whence Indonesian hidung. * Comparable to Chinese 面 (miàn).

adj/ˈmuka/Standard-Indonesian[ˈmu.ka]Standard-Indonesian

  1. facial

Where this word comes from

From Malay muka, from Classical Malay [script needed] (muka), from Old Malay [script needed] (mukha), from Sanskrit मुख (mukha). * Displaced native words muha (a regular reflex of Proto-Malayic *muha (“face; front”)), dahi (now chiefly meaning “forehead”) from Proto-Malayic *dahi from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daqih from Proto-Austronesian *daqiS (“forehead; face”), and Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mujiŋ (“human face, nose”) whence Indonesian hidung. * Comparable to Chinese 面 (miàn).

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