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This is a list of Indonesian-Malay false friends, that is, word pairs similar in appearance but different in meaning. Diacritics are shown for clarity in this table (while they are not usually written). Translations may be approximated; see linked entries for details.
Indonesian
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Standard Malay
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Translation, Indonesian only
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Translation, Both
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Translation, Standard Malay only
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Notes
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kacak
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kacak
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in the compound berkacak
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handsome
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kadar
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kadar
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level
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rate
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kakak
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kakak
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elder sibling
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elder sister
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kaki tangan
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kakitangan
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accomplice, minion
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staff, personnel
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kanan
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kanan
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-
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right (side or direction)
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senior (higher in rank, dignity, or office)
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kapan
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kapan
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when (interrogative)
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Muslim burial shroud; when (archaic)
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kardiologis
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kardiologis
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cardiologic; cardiological
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cardiologist
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-
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karya
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karya
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product
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work (literary, artistic, or intellectual production)
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karyawan
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karyawan
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worker, staff
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artisan, laureate
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kawal
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kawal
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to look after
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-
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to control; to guard, to patrol
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kawalan
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kawalan
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protected objects; guard, protection (activity)
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watch, guard (person)
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kêahlian
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keahlian
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-
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skill
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membership
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kêamanan
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keamanan
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safety, security
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peace
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kêbênaran
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kebenaran
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truth
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permission, approval
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The sense of "permission, approval" is obsolete in Indonesian.
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kêcêmasan
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kecemasan
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anxiety
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emergency
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kêcut
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kecut
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sour
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contract
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The sense of contract is rare in Indonesian.
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kêganasan
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keganasan
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ferocity; malignancy
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violence
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kêjang
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kejang
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convulsion
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cramp
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kêjayaan
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kejayaan
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glory
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-
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success
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kêlainan
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kelainan
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abnormality; disorder
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difference
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variant; variation; diversity
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kêlangsingan
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kelangsingan
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slenderness
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pitch
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kêlayakan
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kelayakan
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appropriateness; feasibility, realizability; fitness; propriety; worthiness
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eligibility
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entitlement; qualifying; qualification
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kêlèngkèng
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keléngkéng
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longan (fruit and tree); pied hornbill
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-
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pinkie, little finger; lychee (fruit and tree)
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kêlola
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kelola
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to administer, to govern; to control
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to manage, to organize
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to maintain
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kêmalangan
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kemalangan
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-
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misfortune, bad luck, setback
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accident (transport, vehicles)
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kênyataan
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kenyataan
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reality; truth; proofed
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statement, remark
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Statement or remark in Indonesian is pêrnyataan.
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kêpekatan
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kepekatan
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concentration (state of)
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concentration (proportion of a substance)
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kêrajaan
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kerajaan
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kingdom (a rank in the classification of organisms, below domain and above phylum)
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kingdom (realm having a king and/or queen as its actual or nominal sovereign)
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government
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- In Malaysia and Brunei, the government sense prevail due to monarchic government.
- In Singapore, foreign government can be referred as either kerajaan or pemerintah. However, Singaporean government always have been referred as pemerintah, which has no monarchic connotations.
- In Indonesia, kerajaan always refer to kingdom.
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kêranjang
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keranjang
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basket
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in the compound bola keranjang
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kêrêsahan
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keresahan
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restlessness; unrest.
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-
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anxiety
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kêrèta
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keréta
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train; motorcycle (Medan)
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carriage
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car
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Both are the dominant (expansion) meanings. The original meaning is carriage.
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kès
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kés
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cash (note/bill and coin money)
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-
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case
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kêsal
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kesal
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annoyed
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regret
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kêsamaan
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kesamaan
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equality
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uniformity
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kêsan
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kesan
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impression; trace, print
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mark
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effect
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kêsêlamatan
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keselamatan
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salvation (Christianity)
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safety
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security (condition of not being threatened)
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kêsêragaman
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keseragaman
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uniformity
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homogeneity
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kêsatuan
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kesatuan
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unity
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oneness
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union
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khidmat
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khidmat
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respect
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service
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kilang
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kilang
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refinery
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factory (manufactory place)
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koko
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koko
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older brother, traditional Malay-Indonesian men Muslim shirt
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cacao; brown (dialectal)
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komisi
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komisi
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commission (a body or group of people, the thing to be done; fee charged)
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commission (a sending or mission)
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kompêni
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kompeni
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Dutch East India Company; Dutch East Indies colonial government
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company (corporation, legal business entity; military)
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kompon
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kompaun
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compound (combining several things)
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-
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compound (financial penalty or fine)
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konfèksi
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konféksi
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ready-to-wear clothing
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confection
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konkrit
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konkrit
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concrete (real, actual, tangible)
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concrete (building material)
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kontrol
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kontrol
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supervision; examination; checkup (medical)
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control (influence or authority over something)
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kor
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kor
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choir, vocal ensemble
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corps
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korban
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korban
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victim
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casualty
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oblation, sacrificial offering
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korèksi
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koréksi
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grading, scoring
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correction
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koronèr
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koronér
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coronary
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coroner
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kos
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kos
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lodging, to rent
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cost
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kotoran
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kotoran
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shit, excrement
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dirt, filth
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kursi
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kursi
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chair (an item of furniture), seat (piece of furniture)
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chair (distinguished professorship)
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krim
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krim
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cream (the butterfat/milkfat part of milk; a viscous aqueous oil/fat emulsion)
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cream (a yellowish white colour)
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kronik
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kronik
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chronicle
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-
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chronic
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