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tanak.

to cook (rice, etc. in boiling water)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈtanak/Standard-Indonesian[ˈt̪a.nak̚]Standard-Indonesian
  1. to cook (rice, etc. in boiling water)

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay tanak, Proto-Malayic *tanək, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanək, from Proto-Austronesian *taNək (“to cook anything but rice”).

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