dekam
Indonesian
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /dəˈkam/ [dəˈkam]
- Rhymes: -am
- Syllabification: de‧kam
Verb
dêkam
- (only used with an affix, intransitive) to curl up (to shape one's body into a somewhat ball-like shape, with one's legs tucked into the abdomen, especially for cosiness or for protection)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “dekam”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016