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sesar.

fault: a fracture in a rock formation causing a discontinuity

5 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun[səˈsar]
  1. fault: a fracture in a rock formation causing a discontinuity

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay sesar. * The sense “fault” probably is a semantic loan from Japanese ずれ (zure, “slippage, a gap, shear”), a synonym of 斷層(だんそう) (dansō, “fault”, literally “gap”).

verb[səˈsar]
  1. to slide

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Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay sesar. * The sense “fault” probably is a semantic loan from Japanese ずれ (zure, “slippage, a gap, shear”), a synonym of 斷層(だんそう) (dansō, “fault”, literally “gap”).

verb[səˈsar]
  1. to infiltrate

  2. to smuggle

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay sesar. * The sense “fault” probably is a semantic loan from Japanese ずれ (zure, “slippage, a gap, shear”), a synonym of 斷層(だんそう) (dansō, “fault”, literally “gap”).

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