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seko.

observer, scout, spy

4 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/se.ko/
  1. observer, scout, spy

    uncountable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Japanese 斥候(せっこう) (sekkō, “patrol; scout”), from 斥 (せき, seki, “retreat”) + 候 (こう, kō, “climate, season, weather”).

noun/sə.ko/
  1. a tribe in South Sulawesi, Indonesia

verb/sɛ.ko/
  1. to wipe bruised part after falling with cloth

Where this word comes from

From Minangkabau [Term?], from Portuguese seca (“drying”), secar (“to dry”), from Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin siccāre, from siccus (“dry”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyk-. Doublet of seka.

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