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susuk

Pronunciation: /ˈsusʊʔ/

“susuk” is an Indonesian word. Its 5 meanings in English:

noun

  1. pin, peg, bolt
  2. (contraceptive) implant
  3. change: balance of money returned from the sum paid after deducting the price of a purchase

verb

  1. base-imperative-colloquial of menyusuk, menyosok (“to pioneer”)

adjective

  1. tight

Etymology

From Malay susuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susuk (“to prick, pierce”), from Proto-Austronesian *-suk (“insert, penetrate, enter”). * Sense of water canal is a semantic loan from Betawi [Term?].

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