kimus

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin chymus, from Ancient Greek χῡμός (khūmós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkimʊs/
• Rhymes: -mʊs, -ʊs, -s
• Hyphenation: ki‧mus

Noun

kimus (plural kimus-kimus, first-person possessive kimusku, second-person possessive kimusmu, third-person possessive kimusnya)

1. (physiology) chyme: the thick semifluid mass of partly digested food that is passed from the stomach to the duodenum.

Alternative forms

• kim (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• “kimus” 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.