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Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch boycot, from English boycott, originating from Captain Charles Cunningham Boycott, an English evicting land agent in Ireland who was subject to a boycott organized by the Irish Land League in 1880.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈboi̯kɔt̚/
- Hyphenation: boi‧kot
Verb
boikot (base-imperative boikot, active memboikot, ordinary passive diboikot)
- to boycott
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