rayap
Indonesian
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editNoun
editrayap (plural rayap-rayap, first-person possessive rayapku, second-person possessive rayapmu, third-person possessive rayapnya)
- termite: A white-bodied, wood-consuming insect of the infraorder Isoptera, in the order Blattodea.
- Synonyms: anai-anai, semut putih
- (figurative) people who scrape other people's pockets.
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editFurther reading
edit- “rayap” 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.