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tiri
A prefix used before father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, child, and so forth, to indicate that the person being identified is not a blood relative but is related through the marriage of a parent.
tiru
False, not authentic, not genuine.
tisu
Thin, woven, gauze-like fabric.
tisu toilet
A sheet of absorbent paper, especially one that is made to be used as tissue paper, toilet paper or a handkerchief.
titah
(archaic, or, jocular) Something that must be obeyed; a command or edict.
titanium
A chemical element, atomic number 22; it is a strong, corrosion-resistant transition metal, used to make light alloys for aircraft etc.
titi lenggang
(fashion) A narrow elevated stage on which models parade.
titik dua
The punctuation mark ⟨:⟩.
titik hujan
A single droplet of rainwater that has just fallen or is falling from the sky.
titik tumpu
(mechanics) The support about which a lever pivots.
titis
Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty
titit
(hypocoristic, slang, UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ, South Africa) the penis.
titrasi
(analytical chemistry) The determination of the concentration of some substance in a solution by slowly adding measured amounts of some other substance (normally using a burette) until a reaction is shown to be complete, for instance by the colour change of an indicator.
Titus
The seventeenth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the epistle to Titus.
tiup
(intransitive) To produce an air current.
todak
A large marine fish with a long, pointed bill, Xiphias gladius.
tofu
A protein-rich food made from curdled soy milk.
toilet
(NZ) A small secondary lavatory having a fixture used for urination and defecation and sink but no bathtub or shower.
toke
Any lizard of the family Gekkonidae of small, carnivorous, mostly nocturnal animals with large eyes and adhesive toes enabling them to climb on vertical and upside-down surfaces.
tokek
Any lizard of the family Gekkonidae of small, carnivorous, mostly nocturnal animals with large eyes and adhesive toes enabling them to climb on vertical and upside-down surfaces.
toket
(colloquial, slang) A breast, especially that of an adult or adolescent female human.
toko
An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally only a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well.
toko buku
A shop that sells books.
toko roti
A place in which bread (and often other baked goods such as cakes) is baked and/or sold.
tokoh
(countable) A being involved in the action of a story; a persona.
tokoh utama
(authorship) The main character, or one of the main characters, in any story, such as a literary work or drama.
toksikologi
(sciences, pharmacology) The branch of pharmacology that deals with the nature, effect, detection and treatment of poisons and poisoning.
toksisitas
The quality or degree of being toxic.
Tokyo
A prefecture and capital city of Japan.
tol
A fee paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, etc.
toleransi
(uncountable) The ability or practice of tolerating; an acceptance of or patience with the beliefs, opinions or practices of others; a lack of bigotry. [from 18th c.]
tolok ukur
A standard by which something is evaluated or measured.
tolol
Obnoxiously stupid; vacantly silly; content in one's foolishness.
tolong
(often, with yes) Used as an affirmative to an offer.
tomat
A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit.
tombak
A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion.
tombol
A mechanical device designed to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism.
tompel
A mark on the skin formed before birth.
tompok
(medicine) An adhesive piece of material, impregnated with a drug, which is worn on the skin, the drug being slowly absorbed over a period of time.
ton
Any of various units of mass, originally notionally equal to the contents of a tun, particularly:
tong
(countable) A round (cylindrical) vessel, such as a cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends (heads). The word is sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum.
tonggeret
Any of several insects in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with small eyes wide apart on the head and transparent well-veined wings.
tongkat
(plural staffs or staves) A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking.
tongkol jagung
The central cylindrical core of an ear of corn (maize) on which the kernels are attached in rows.
tongkrongan
A place for hanging out; an informal meeting-place.
tonton
(transitive) To perceive or detect someone or something with the eyes, or as if by sight.
topan
(in particular) A weather phenomenon in the northwestern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane except for its geographical region, typically resulting in wind speeds of 64 knots (119 km/h) or above. Equivalent to a cyclone in the Indian Ocean and Indonesia and Australia.
topeng
A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection.
topi
(headwear) A covering for the head, often in the approximate form of a cone, dome or cylinder closed at its top end, and sometimes having a brim and other decoration.
topi laken
A felt hat with a fairly low, creased crown with a brim that can be turned up or down.
topik
Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.
topik perbincangan
(preceded by the; often qualified by a following of) A major topic of social discussion.
toples
A small, approximately cylindrical container, normally made of clay or glass, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes.
topologi
(computing) The arrangement of nodes in a communications network.
toponimi
(semantics) Lexicological study of place names; a branch of onomastics.
toreador
(bullfighting) A bullfighter, especially one on horseback.
tornado
(meteorology) A violent wind in the form of a mobile, rapidly rotating, funnel cloud that has contacted the ground.
Toronto
The capital city of Ontario, Canada and largest city Canada.
torpedo
(military) A cylindrical explosive projectile that can travel underwater and is used as a weapon. [from 1805]
torsi
(physics, mechanics) A rotational or twisting effect of a force; a moment of force, defined for measurement purposes as an equivalent straight line force multiplied by the distance from the axis of rotation (SI unit newton-metre or N·m; imperial unit pound-foot or lb·ft, not to be confused with the foot pound-force, commonly "foot-pound", a unit of work or energy)
tos
A common toast used when drinking in company.
toska
(countable, and, uncountable) A pale greenish-blue colour, like that of the gemstone.
totalitarianisme
A system of government in which the people have virtually no authority and the state wields absolute control, for example, a dictatorship.
totaliter
Of or relating to a system of government where the people have virtually no authority and the state wields absolute control of every aspect of the country, socially, financially, and politically.
totaliterisme
A system of government in which the people have virtually no authority and the state wields absolute control, for example, a dictatorship.
TPA
(countable) A site at which refuse is buried under layers of earth.
tradisi
A part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation, possibly differing in detail from family to family, such as the way to celebrate holidays.
tradisional
Of, relating to, or derived from tradition.
tradisionil
Of, relating to, or derived from tradition.
tragedi
A disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury.
tragis
Relating to tragedy in a literary work.
trah
A dynasty; a family with its ancestors and descendants, especially a royal or noble one. [from 10th c.]
trailer
A short blank segment of film at the end of a reel, for convenient insertion of the film in a projector.
trait
(biology, psychology) An identifying characteristic, habit or trend.
trakea
The trachea.
traktat
(countable, international law) A formal binding agreement concluded by subjects of international law, namely, states and international organizations; a convention, a pact.
traktir
(transitive) To entertain with food or drink, especially at one's own expense; to show hospitality to; to pay for as celebration or reward. [from 16th c.]
traktor
(agriculture) A vehicle used in farms e.g. for pulling farm equipment and preparing the fields.
trampolin
A gymnastic and recreational device consisting of a piece of taut, strong fabric or rubber stretched over a (usually steel) frame using many coiled springs as anchors.
trance
(uncountable, music genre) Ellipsis of trance music (“genre of electronic dance music”).
trans-
To or on the other side of, beyond; outside of.
transfigurasi
A major change in appearance or form; a metamorphosis.
transformator
(electrical engineering) A static device that transfers electric energy from one circuit to another by magnetic coupling; primarily used to transfer energy between different voltage levels, which allows the most appropriate voltages for power generation, transmission and distribution to be chosen separately.
transien
Remaining for only a brief time.
Transilvania
A historical region in western Romania.
transistor
(semiconductors) A solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals, which can be used for amplification, switching, voltage stabilization, signal modulation, and many other functions.
transiver
A combined radio transmitter and receiver.
transkrip
Something which has been transcribed; a writing or composition consisting of the same words as the original; a written copy.
transliterasi
(linguistics, translation studies) The act or product of transliterating, of representing letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script.
transnasional
Between or beyond national boundaries.
transparan
(of a material or object) See-through, clear; having the property that light passes through it almost undisturbed, such that one can see through it clearly.
transparansi
(uncountable) The quality of being transparent.
transplantasi
A surgical operation in which an organ is moved from a donor to a recipient; an organ transplant.
transportasi
The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; conveyance, often of people, goods etc.
trase
(transport) The precise route or course taken by a linear way (road, railway, footpath, etc.) between two points.
traumatik
Of, caused by, or causing trauma.
traumatis
Of, caused by, or causing trauma.
trenggiling
Any of the burrowing mammals covered with bony, jointed, protective plates, families Dasypodidae and Chlamyphoridae in the order Cingulata, found in the Americas, especially in South America.
triase
(medicine) The process of sorting patients so as to determine the order in which they will be treated (for example, by assigning precedence according to the urgency of illness or injury).
tribulasi
Any adversity; a trying period or event.
tribunal
(legal) An assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business; a court of law.
trigol
(by extension, sports) Three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc., such as three consecutive wins.
trigonometri
(geometry, analysis) The branch of mathematics that deals with the relationships between the sides and angles of (in particular) right-angled triangles, as represented by the trigonometric functions, and with calculations based on said relationships.
trik
An effective, clever or quick way of doing something.
triliun
(dated, _, British, Australian, long scale) A million (times a) million (times a) million: 1 followed by eighteen zeros, 1018.
trimester
(now, historical) A fourth part of the night; one of the watches or divisions of the night. [from 14th c.]
trinitas
A group or set of three people or things; three things combined into one.
tripod
A three-legged stand or mount.
Tripoli
The capital city of Libya, originally three separate settlements known as Oea, Sabratha, and Leptis Magna.
Tritunggal
(Christianity) In Christian belief, the three persons of the Godhead: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
triwulan
(now, historical) A fourth part of the night; one of the watches or divisions of the night. [from 14th c.]
trofi
An object, usually in the form of a statuette, cup, or shield, awarded for success in a competition or to mark a special achievement.
troika
A Russian carriage drawn by a team of three horses abreast.
troll
(by extension, politics) A person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign.
trombon
A musical instrument in the brass family, having a cylindrical bore, and usually a sliding tube (but sometimes piston valves, and rarely both). Most often refers to the tenor trombone, which is the most common type of trombone and has a fundamental tone of B♭ˌ (contra B♭).
trombosis
(pathology) The formation of thrombi in the blood vessels of a living organism, causing obstruction of the circulation.
trompet
(brass instrument) A musical instrument of the brass family, generally tuned to the key of B-flat; by extension, any type of lip-vibrated aerophone, most often valveless and not chromatic.
tropika
(geography) The region of the Earth centred on the equator and lying between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn and characterized by a hot climate.
tropis
(dated) Pertaining to, involving, or of the nature of a trope or tropes; figurative, metaphorical.
tropisme
(uncountable, biology) The turning of an organism (chiefly a plant) or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; (countable) an instance of this.
Troya
(historical) An ancient city in what is now northwestern Turkey.
truk
(countable, uncountable, US, Canada, Australia) A heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods or to pull a semi-trailer designed to carry goods; (in Malaysia/Singapore) a such vehicle with a closed or covered carriage.
tsunami
A very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption; often a series of waves (a wave train).
tua
Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
tuan
Alternative spelling of Mister, especially when used as a form of address without a name.
tuan rumah
One which receives or entertains a guest, socially, commercially, or officially.
tuang-tuang udara
(countable) A device that can transmit radio signals.
tuas
A small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device (like a switch or a button).
tuas kendali
A mechanical control device consisting of a handgrip mounted on a base or pedestal and typically having one or more buttons, used to control an aircraft, computer, or other equipment.
tuba
A large brass musical instrument, usually in the bass range, played through a vibration of the lips upon the mouthpiece and fingering of the keys.
tuberkulosis
(pathology) An infectious disease of humans and animals caused by a species of mycobacterium, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis, mainly infecting the lungs where it causes tubercles characterized by the expectoration of mucus and sputum, fever, weight loss, and chest pain, and transmitted through inhalation or ingestion of bacteria. [from 1839]
tubuh
(countable) The physical structure of a human or animal seen as one single organism. [from 9th c.]
tuduh
One who accuses; one who brings a charge of crime or fault.
tuduhan
The act of accusing.
tudung
The top or cover of a container.
tugas
(education) A task given to students, such as homework or coursework.
tugu
A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration.
Tuhan
A being such as a monotheistic God: a single divine creator and ruler of the universe.
tuju
(transitive) To forcibly direct (something).
tujuan
A result that one is attempting to achieve.
tujuh
A numerical value equal to 7; the number following six and preceding eight. This many dots: (•••••••). Describing a group or set with seven elements.
tujuh belas
The cardinal number occurring after sixteen and before eighteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVII and in Arabic numerals as 17.
tujuh puluh
The cardinal number occurring after sixty-nine and before seventy-one, represented in Roman numerals as LXX and in Arabic numerals as 70.
tujuhbelas
The cardinal number occurring after sixteen and before eighteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVII and in Arabic numerals as 17.
tukak
(figurative) Anything that festers and corrupts like an open sore; a vice in character.
tukang
One who is highly skilled at one's trade; an artisan or artificer.
tukang besi
A person who forges iron.
tukang cukur
A person whose profession is cutting the hair and beards of usually male customers.
tukang daging
A person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals).
tukang kebun
One who gardens; one who grows plants or cultivates a garden.

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