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Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch insect.
Pronunciation
Noun
insek (plural insekte)
- insect
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch insect (“insect”), insekt, from Latin īnsectum (“bug; cut up”), from īnsecō (“I cut up into”). The Latin is a calque of Ancient Greek ἔντομον (éntomon, “bug”), from ἔντομος (éntomos).
Pronunciation
Noun
insèk (first-person possessive insekku, second-person possessive insekmu, third-person possessive inseknya)
- insect.
- Synonyms: insekta, serangga
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