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Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay kelamin, from Kensiu kəlamɪn (“pair (human)”) (compare Semnam kəːl (“human (classifier)”), from Austroasiatic.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: kê‧la‧min
Noun
kelamin (first-person possessive kelaminku, second-person possessive kelaminmu, third-person possessive kelaminnya)
- match, pair, partner.
- Synonyms: jodoh, sepasang
- sex: a category into which sexually-reproducing organisms are divided on the basis of their reproductive roles in their species.
- Synonyms: jantina, jenis kelamin, seks
- genitalia
- Synonyms: genitalia, kemaluan
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