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semak.

bush

5 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/səˈmaʔ/Standard-Indonesian[səˈmaʔ]Standard-Indonesian

  1. bush

  2. scrub

  3. shrub

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay semak (“bush”), from metathesis of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *samək (“dense undergrowth”).

adj/səˈmaʔ/Standard-Indonesian[səˈmaʔ]Standard-Indonesian

  1. bushy: like a bush in having many widely spread branches

  2. complicated; disturbed and confused

    figuratively
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay semak (“bush”), from metathesis of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *samək (“dense undergrowth”).

noun/səˈmaʔ/Standard-Indonesian[səˈmaʔ]Standard-Indonesian

  1. (uterine) sibling

    colloquial
Where this word comes from

Affixation of se-; mak, emak (“mom”).

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