| Indonesian
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Standard Malay
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Translation,
Indonesian only
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Translation,
Both
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Translation,
Standard Malay only
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Notes
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| acara
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acara
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program, agenda; court examination
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event
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-
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| ahli
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ahli
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expert
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member
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Both senses (member and expert) are listed in Indonesian dictionary, however the member sense is obsolete (fossilized in several compounds).
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| akar umbi
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akar umbi
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tuberous root
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-
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grass roots
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| akta
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akta
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act (written legal document)
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-
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act (of parliament)
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| alam
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alam
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universe
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nature, realm, world
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kingdom (taxonomic rank)
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| ampaian
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ampaian
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-
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clothesline
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suspension (chemistry, physics)
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| angkasawan
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angkasawan
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radio broadcaster
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astronaut, cosmonaut
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-
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| awak
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awak
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I (Sumatran East Coast), crew (transportation)
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-
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you (casual)
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| ayat
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ayat
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entry
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ayat
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sentence
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| baja
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baja
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steel
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-
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fertilizer
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| bajak
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bajak
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pirate
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plough
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-
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| baki
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baki
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tray
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-
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balance, residue
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| ban
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ban
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tyre; tape
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-
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bun (small bread roll)
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| banci
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banci
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transvestite
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-
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census
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| bandar
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bandar
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coastal town; bookmaker, bookie; dealer; watercourse, ditch
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port, harbour
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city
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| bangun
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bangun
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to build
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wake up (from sleep)
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to develop
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| bangsa
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bangsa
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nation
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race; ethnicity
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| banting
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banting
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slam (verb)
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-
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banteng
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| bapa
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bapa
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Father (Christianity)
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-
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father
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| bas
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bas
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bass (music), boss
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-
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bus (transportation)
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| batuk kêring
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batuk kering
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dry cough
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-
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tuberculosis
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| bêlanja
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belanja
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to shop
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to spend
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to treat
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| bêndahara
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bendahara
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treasurer (male or neutral), prime minister (obsolete)
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vizier
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| bêndahari
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bendahari
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female treasurer
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-
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treasurer
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| bêrbagi
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berbagi
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to share
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-
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to give
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| bêrcinta
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bercinta
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to make love, to have sexual intercourse
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to love
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in love
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| bêrèdar
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berédar
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to oscillate (of planet); to distribute
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to leave
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| berjaya
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berjaya
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successful, victorious
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succeed, succeeded
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| berlaku
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berlaku
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apply
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happen, occur
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| bêrupaya
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berupaya
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to make an effort, to do the best
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capable
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| bêtung
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betung
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-
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giant bamboo
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sewer (pipe); a kind of frog; blackfin scad
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| biara
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biara
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non-Buddhist monastery, eg. Christian monastery
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Buddhist monastery
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Buddhist monastery in Indonesian is wihara, a Javanese cognate.
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| bicara
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bicara
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to speak, to say, to talk
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to try (put on trial); to discuss
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| biji
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biji
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testicle (offensive)
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seed
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| bila
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bila
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if, when (conjunction)
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when (interrogative)
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| bina
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bina
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to develop
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to build
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| bisa
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bisa
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venom
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can, able
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| boga
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boga
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food
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-
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favourite
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| bola sepak
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bola sepak
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football (the ball)
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-
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football, soccer (the sport)
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| bon
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bon
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receipt; union, association
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-
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bond, debenture
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| bual
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bual
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to tell a lie
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to chat, to converse
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| budak
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budak
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slave
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kid
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| bulu tangkis
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bulu tangkis
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badminton
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shuttlecock
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| bunga api
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bunga api
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spark
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firework
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| buntut
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buntut
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tail
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buttock
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| butuh
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butuh
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need
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male genital
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The male genital sense in Indonesian is dialectal.
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| cadangan
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cadangan
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spare
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-
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suggestion; proposal; opinion
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| capaian
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capaian
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achievement
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-
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access
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| catatan
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catatan
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-
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note, record, remark; warning
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entry
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| cêroboh
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ceroboh
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indecent, improper; rude; careless, negligent; sloppy, untidy
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trespass
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| comèl
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comél
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grumbler, grouser
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cute; pretty (dialectal)
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| cukai
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cukai
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excise
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tax
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| daripada
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daripada
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than (comparison)
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from (all senses)
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| darurat
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darurat
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emergency
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state of emergency
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| daya
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daya
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power (physics)
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force (physics)
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| daur
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daur
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rotation, cycle, turn
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period
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| débit
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débit
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discharge (hydrology), flowrate
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debit (accounting)
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-
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| dêkat
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dekat
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near
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at, in, on
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| dêtik
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detik
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second
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jiffy
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| doktor
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doktor
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doctor (person who has doctorate)
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doctor (medical doctor)
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| duduk
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duduk
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to sit
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to reside (informal)
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The sense of "to reside" is dated in Indonesian and can be found in the derivation such as penduduk (“resident”).
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| dukung
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dukung
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to support
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to carry in the arms
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| dorong
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dorong
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to push; to boost
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to propel
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to encourage, to motivate
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| dramatis
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dramatis
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dramatic
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-
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dramatist
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