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Indonesian
Etymology
From sok + -an with the base word reduplicated.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɔʔˈsɔʔan/
- Hyphenation: sok‧sok‧an
Adjective
sok-sokan
- (colloquial, dialectal, especially Jakarta) pretentious
Lu jangan sok-sokan bisa ngelawan gue!- Don't pretend you can fight me!
- (literally, “Don't you be pretentious that you can fight me!”)
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