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Indonesian
Noun
arisan (first-person possessive arisanku, second-person possessive arisanmu, third-person possessive arisannya)
- A gathering in which prizes are distributed to each member evenly (usually money), usually on a monthly basis, by using the lottery method to determine the winner(s). The winner(s) still has an obligation to distribute the prize, but loses his/her right to win in the next draw until the new round starts. A full round is completed after all of its participants get prizes.
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *uʀrīsan, from Proto-Germanic *uzrīsaną (“to rise up, arise”), corresponding to ā- + rīsan.
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Verb
ārīsan
- (intransitive) to rise, arise, get up
- late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
Sē wer meahte unēaðe þurh hine selfne ārīsan oþþe gān.- The man could barely get up or walk by himself.
- "Gospel of Saint Luke", chapter 4, verse 29
And hiġ ārīson and scūfon hine of ðǣre ceastre. And lǣddon hine ofer ðæs muntes cnæpp. Ofer þone hyra buruh ġetimbrud wæs. þ hī hyne nyðer bescūfon.- And they arose and shoved him from the city. And led him over the mount's top. Over that their city was built. That they thrusted him downward.
- to arise, originate
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