insek
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insek (plural insekte)
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Etymology edit
From Dutch insect (“insect”), insekt, from Latin īnsectum (“bug; cut up”), from īnsecō (“I cut up into”). The Latin is a calque of Ancient Greek ἔντομον (éntomon, “bug”), from ἔντομος (éntomos).
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insèk (first-person possessive insekku, second-person possessive insekmu, third-person possessive inseknya)
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- “insek” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.