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tepis.

to counter, to parry, to push aside

5 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

verb/tə.ˈpɪs/
  1. to counter, to parry, to push aside

  2. to skim

Where this word comes from

From Malay tepis (“to push aside”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tapis (“loincloth; to skim; to filter”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.