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Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay materai, meterai, menterai, from Classical Malay متراي (materai), متراي (menterai), متراي (meterai), from Tamil முத்திரை (muttirai, “mark, seal, stamp”), from Sanskrit मुद्रा (mudrā, “seal, stamp”).
- Displaced Dutch zegel (“seal, stamp”) by Komisi Bahasa Indonesia as published on Kanpō/Berita Pemerintah No.38 Year III Month 3 (2604) in 1944.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: mê‧tê‧rai
Noun
meterai (first-person possessive meteraiku, second-person possessive meteraimu, third-person possessive meterainya)
- stamp
- Synonyms: cap, segel, tera
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