dukuh

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdu.kʊh/
  • Rhymes: -kʊh
  • Hyphenation: du‧kuh

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Javanese ꦝꦸꦏꦸꦃ (dhukuh, “hamlet, chief of hamlet”), from Old Javanese ḍukuh (“forest hermitage”).

Noun

dukuh (plural dukuh-dukuh, first-person possessive dukuhku, second-person possessive dukuhmu, third-person possessive dukuhnya)

  1. hamlet
  2. chief of hamlet
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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Noun

dukuh (plural dukuh-dukuh, first-person possessive dukuhku, second-person possessive dukuhmu, third-person possessive dukuhnya)

  1. one whose occupation is to slaughter cattle

Etymology 3

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Pronoun

dukuh

  1. (dialect) greeting words for only children

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

dukuh

  1. Romanization of ꦢꦸꦏꦸꦃ
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