garis

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Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay garis, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *karis (to scratch, scrape).

Pronunciation

Noun

garis

  1. line, dash, stripe
    garis keturunanlineage
    garis pertahananline of defense
  2. limit
    Synonym: batas
  3. (figurative, rare) rule, regulation
    Synonym: aturan

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Notes

References

  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*karis”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

garis

  1. Romanization of ꦒꦫꦶꦱ꧀

Latin

Noun

garīs n

  1. dative/ablative plural of garum

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *karis (scratch, scrape).

Pronunciation

Noun

garis (Jawi spelling ݢاريس, plural garis-garis, informal 1st possessive garisku, 2nd possessive garismu, 3rd possessive garisnya)

  1. line, dash, stripe
  2. limit

References

  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*karis”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Further reading

Portuguese

Noun

garis

  1. plural of gari