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},
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]
},
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"tags": [
"plural"
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}
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"j": "سوکو"
},
"expansion": "suku (Jawi spelling سوکو, plural suku-suku or suku²)",
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}
],
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14,
18
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],
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14
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],
"english": "It's a quarter past one now.",
"text": "Sekarang satu suku.",
"translation": "It's a quarter past one now.",
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}
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"quarter, fourth, ¹⁄₄ (mathematics)"
],
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],
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]
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"name": "Finance",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
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{
"text": "(Indonesian)"
}
],
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"quarter, fourth, ¹⁄₄ (mathematics)",
"a fourth part of the year; 3 months; a term or season."
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"quarter, fourth, ¹⁄₄ (mathematics)",
"(finance) a fourth part of the year; 3 months; a term or season."
],
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"word": "kuartal"
},
{
"word": "trimester"
}
],
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"finance"
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],
"english": "Javanese race",
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],
"text": "Suku Jawa",
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"type": "example"
}
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"ethnicity"
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},
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"name": "Negeri Sembilan Malay",
"parents": [],
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},
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}
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"A traditional matrilineal clan under Adat Perpatih."
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],
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"matrilineal"
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"clan",
"clan"
]
],
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"(Negeri Sembilan) A traditional matrilineal clan under Adat Perpatih."
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/su.ku/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-u"
}
],
"word": "suku"
}
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"Malay lemmas",
"Malay nouns",
"Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
"Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
"Pages with 24 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Malay/u",
"Rhymes:Malay/u/2 syllables"
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"name": "inh"
}
],
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"tags": [
"Jawi"
]
},
{
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"tags": [
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},
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"plural"
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}
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},
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14,
18
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14
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],
"english": "It's a quarter past one now.",
"text": "Sekarang satu suku.",
"translation": "It's a quarter past one now.",
"type": "example"
}
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"quarter, fourth, ¹⁄₄ (mathematics)"
],
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[
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],
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"fourth"
]
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"ms:Finance"
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"quarter, fourth, ¹⁄₄ (mathematics)",
"a fourth part of the year; 3 months; a term or season."
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"quarter",
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"quarter, fourth, ¹⁄₄ (mathematics)",
"(finance) a fourth part of the year; 3 months; a term or season."
],
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{
"word": "kuartal"
},
{
"word": "trimester"
}
],
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"business",
"finance"
]
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"Malay terms with collocations"
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0,
4
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9,
13
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],
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"translation": "Javanese race",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"race; ethnicity"
],
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"race",
"race"
],
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"ethnicity",
"ethnicity"
]
]
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"Negeri Sembilan Malay"
],
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"A traditional matrilineal clan under Adat Perpatih."
],
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"traditional",
"traditional"
],
[
"matrilineal",
"matrilineal"
],
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"clan",
"clan"
]
],
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"(Negeri Sembilan) A traditional matrilineal clan under Adat Perpatih."
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/su.ku/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-u"
}
],
"word": "suku"
}
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"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Negeri Sembilan",
"path": [
"suku"
],
"section": "Malay",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "suku",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Negeri Sembilan",
"path": [
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],
"section": "Malay",
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