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titi.

to walk on small bridge

4 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈtiti/Standard-Indonesian[ˈt̪i.t̪i]Standard-Indonesian
  1. to walk on small bridge

    intransitive
  2. to walk on small or tight way

    intransitive
  3. to live (to spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually)

    transitive
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay titi (“wooden bridge”), from Proto-Malayic *titi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taytay.

noun/ˈtiti/Standard-Indonesian[ˈt̪i.t̪i]Standard-Indonesian
  1. board for washing clothes in the river.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Malay [Term?] (Bangka Malay).

verb/ˈtiti/Standard-Indonesian[ˈt̪i.t̪i]Standard-Indonesian
  1. to sift and separate the small grains from the large ones

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Moronene [Term?].

verb/ˈtiti/Standard-Indonesian[ˈt̪i.t̪i]Standard-Indonesian
  1. to flatten; to beat until crushed

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Kupang Malay [Term?].

adj/ˈtiti/Standard-Indonesian[ˈt̪i.t̪i]Standard-Indonesian
  1. synonym of teliti (“thorough; conscientious”)

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

Semantic loan from Javanese ꦠꦶꦠꦶ (titi, “careful, scrupulous, precise”), ultimately from Old Javanese titi (“arrangement, plan”) * Old Javanese tata-titi (“arrangement, plan”), tatā (“arrangement; rule”), from Sanskrit तथा (tathā, “in that manner”). * from back-formation of Old Javanese nīti (“tactful, prudent, wise”), from Sanskrit नीति (nīti, “leading; behavior; policy, ethics”). Compare to Javanese ꦤꦶꦠꦶ (niti, “to examine; wise conduct, good policy”)

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