suku
Pronunciation: /ˈsuku/
“suku” is an Indonesian word. Its 13 meanings in English:
noun
- part
- quarter (a fourth part of something)
- half rupiah
- numerator and denominator
- clan (a group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief)
- ethnicity, ethnic group
- family (a category in the classification of organisms)
- term (a type of value (variable or constant) or expression)
- a traditional unit of gold weight, equal 6.7 grams
- foot
- footer (a printed line of information)
- diacritic mark of traditional scripts representing /u/ vowel.
- a snack consisting of sticky rice cooked with coconut milk, served with grated coconut or salted fish
Etymology
Inherited from Malay suku, ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suku (“one quarter; designation for a division of society, probably a lineage”). * The “clan” sense is a semantic loan from Minangkabau suku. * The “limb or leg” sense is a semantic loan from Javanese ꦱꦸꦏꦸ (suku). * The “footer” sense is a semantic loan from English footer.
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More Indonesian words
- suksesi ekologi
- suksesi negara
- suksesif
- sukseskan
- suku bangsa
- suku bunga
- suku bunga dasar kredit
- suku bunga utama
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