sambilan.
A (temporary or informal) job or endeavor being done on the side, or part-time; side job, side gig, side hustle.
Meaning & usage
A (temporary or informal) job or endeavor being done on the side, or part-time; side job, side gig, side hustle.
A (temporary or informal) job or endeavor being done on the side, or part-time; side job, side gig, side hustle. Any undertaking of trivial importance; an avocation, minutiae or a minor errand.
Where this word comes from
Ultimately inherited from Malay sambilan. Reanalyzable by surface analysis, sambil (“while”) + -an or se- -an + ambil (“to take”). If so, related to sembilan.
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