cerna
Pronunciation: /t͡ʃərˈna/
“cerna” is an Indonesian word. Its 3 meanings in English:
adjective
- digested
verb
- to separate (the food) in its passage through the alimentary canal into the nutritive and nonnutritive elements; to prepare, by the action of the digestive juices, for conversion into blood; to convert into chyme
- to think over and arrange methodically in the mind; to reduce to a plan or method; to receive in the mind and consider carefully; to get an understanding of; to comprehend
Etymology
Inherited from Malay cerna, possibly from Sanskrit जीर्ण (jīrṇá, “digest”).
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