tuduh

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tuduh

1. raindrop; waterdrop

• “tuduh”, in 原住民族語言線上詞典 [Online Dictionary of Aboriginal Languages] (in Mandarin), Taipei: Foundation for Research and Development of Aboriginal Languages, 2014

From Malay tuduh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuzuq₂ (“to point out, instruct”), from Proto-Austronesian *Cuzuq (“index finger”).

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: tu‧duh

tuduh

1. accuse (to attribute blame to someone)
   • 1945, Tan Malaka, Muslihat:

     Belakangan ini ada penyakit baru: curiga mencurigai, tuduh menuduh, dan tangkap menangkap, culik menculik.

     Lately there is a new disease: suspecting each other, accusing each other, arresting each other and kidnapping each other.

• “tuduh” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuzuq₂ (“to point out, instruct”), from Proto-Austronesian *Cuzuq (“index finger”). Doublet of tujuh and tunjuk.

• IPA^(key): /tuduh/
• Rhymes: -uduh, -duh, -uh
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key):

tuduh (Jawi spelling تودوه)

1. accuse (to attribute blame to someone)

   Menteri Kewangan pemerintah Afrika Selatan telah dituduh bahawa beliau telah menyapu duit pembayar cukai.

   The Finance Minister of the government of South Africa has been accused of embezzling the taxpayers' money.

• “tuduh” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

From Proto-Austronesian *CuNuh.

• IPA^(key): /tu.ˈduh/,

tuduh

1. to burn

• “tuduh”, in 原住民族語言線上詞典 [Online Dictionary of Aboriginal Languages] (in Mandarin), Taipei: Foundation for Research and Development of Aboriginal Languages, 2014