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petik

Pronunciation: /pəˈtiʔ/

“petik” is an Indonesian word. Its 4 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to pick, to pluck
  2. to quote

noun

  1. Jember's special ritual to start the rice harvest
  2. large animal trap made of sharpened bamboo, lever attached to a spring with rope, placed on the animal's path

Etymology

Inherited from Malay petik, from Proto-Malayic *pətik, from Proto-Austronesian *pəCik (“snap, as the fingers or a slingshot”).

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