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semak

Pronunciation: /səˈmak/

“semak” is a Malay word. Its 6 meanings in English:

noun

  1. bush

adjective

  1. annoying, burdensome, troublesome
  2. messy (of a place)

verb

  1. to check, to scan
  2. to listen
  3. to revise

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *samək (“dense undergrowth”) (with metathesis).

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