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samir

Pronunciation: /ˈsamir/

“samir” is an Indonesian word. Its 5 meanings in English:

noun

  1. rough sheets of palm fronds stitched together to make a temporary roofing.
  2. a round banana leaf folded into a shallow inverted cone and used for covering foods
  3. walls made of palm leaves, joined together with areca nut stems
  4. yellow silk sarong
  5. sash

Etymology

Inherited from Malay samir (“the natural undried leaves of the nipah”). Semantic loan from Berau Malay [Term?] for the wall sense.

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