paku.
nail (fastener with a sharp point on one end)
Meaning & usage
nail (fastener with a sharp point on one end)
Where this word comes from
From Malay paku, from Classical Malay paku, from Javanese ꦥꦏꦸ (paku), from Old Javanese paku, pakö. Compare to Balinese paku.
fern
Where this word comes from
From Malay paku, from Classical Malay paku, from Proto-Malayic *paku(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paku, from Proto-Austronesian *pahəku (“bracken; edible fern that grows by rivers”).
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