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pandu.

guard

5 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpandu/Standard-Indonesian[ˈpan.du]Standard-Indonesian

  1. guard

  2. scout (a member of any number of youth organizations belonging to the international scout movement)

  3. guide, pathfinder

  4. pilot (a person who steers a ship)

  5. pilot boat

  6. beacon

  7. cursor, pointer

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay pandu, from Classical Malay pandu, from Old Javanese paṇḍo (“female attendant or servant”). * Semantic loan from Dutch padvinder. Coined by Indonesian statesman Agus Salim in 1928. * Semantic loan from Dutch baken (“beacon”). * The similarity to Sanskrit पाण्डु (pāṇḍu, “Pandu, name of a king”, literally “yellowish white, white, pale”) is incidental.

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