sekam

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Etymology

Inherited from Malay sekam, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *skaamʔ (“chaff; husks of paddy”).

Pronunciation

Noun

sêkam (plural sekam-sekam, first-person possessive sekamku, second-person possessive sekammu, third-person possessive sekamnya)

  1. rice husk; rice hull
  2. (military) chaff: loose material, e.g. small strips of aluminum foil dropped from aircraft, intended to interfere with radar detection.

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Malay

Etymology

From East Austroasiatic, Proto-Mon-Khmer *skaamʔ (“chaff; husks of paddy”), whence Bru sakaːm, Pnar skam, Khmer អង្កាម (ʼɑngkaam), Mon ကာံ (kam), Pacoh acam, Bolyu qam⁵³, Riang kʰɑm¹, Vietnamese cám.

Pronunciation

Noun

sekam (Jawi spelling سکم, plural sekam-sekam, informal 1st possessive sekamku, 2nd possessive sekammu, 3rd possessive sekamnya)

  1. rice husk; rice hull

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Descendants

  • Indonesian: sekam

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