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Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay melukut.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: mê‧lu‧kut
Noun
mêlukut (uncountable)
- broken rice grains; dust from rice grains; rice-dust
- Synonym: menir
- melukut di tepi gantang ― of little importance or insignificant (literally, “broken rice grains by the bushel”)
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Malay
Pronunciation
Noun
melukut (Jawi spelling ملوکوت, informal 1st possessive melukutku, 2nd possessive melukutmu, 3rd possessive melukutnya)
- broken rice grains
- melukut di tepi gantang ― of little importance or insignificant (literally, “broken rice grains by the bushel”)
Usage notes
Properly the heavy rice-dust, not the outer husk which is blown away as chaff.
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