kelamin
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Malay kelamin, from Kensiu kəlamɪn (“pair (human)”) (compare Semnam kəːl (“human (classifier)”), from Austroasiatic.
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Noun edit
kelamin (first-person possessive kelaminku, second-person possessive kelaminmu, third-person possessive kelaminnya)
- match, pair, partner.
- sex: a category into which sexually-reproducing organisms are divided on the basis of their reproductive roles in their species.
- Synonyms: jantina, jenis kelamin, seks
- genitalia
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Further reading edit
- “kelamin” 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.