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rusuk

Pronunciation: /ˈrusuk/

“rusuk” is an Indonesian word. Its 7 meanings in English:

noun

  1. flank
  2. border
  3. side
  4. rib: any of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and other animals and extending from the spine to or toward the sternum
  5. an offensive player who plays on either side of the center; winger
  6. edge (a one-dimensional face of a polytope. In particular, the joining line between two vertices of a polygon; the place where two faces of a polyhedron meet)
  7. temporary housing

Etymology

Inherited from Malay rusuk, from Proto-Malayic *rusuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀusuk (“rib”), from Proto-Austronesian *ʀusuk (“rib”).

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