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serat.

jammed

5 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

adj/səˈrat/Standard-Indonesian[səˈrat̪̚]Standard-Indonesian

  1. jammed

    rare

  2. tight

    rare
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay serat (compare Javanese ꦱꦼꦉꦠ꧀ (seret, “choked; tight”), Old Javanese srĕt (“faltering”)). Doublet of seret.

noun/səˈrat/Standard-Indonesian[səˈrat̪̚]Standard-Indonesian

  1. fiber, fibre

    rare

  2. dietary fibre, roughage

    rare
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Javanese ꦱꦼꦫꦠ꧀ (serat, “fibre; vein; barb”, literally “comb”), from Old Javanese sĕrat, srat (“comb”), ultimately probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *siit ~ *siət (“to comb”). Compare with Khmer សិត (sət, “to comb”).

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