melukut

From Malay melukut.

• IPA^(key): [məˈlu.kʊt̚]
• Hyphenation: mê‧lu‧kut

mêlukut (plural melukut-melukut)

1. broken rice grains; dust from rice grains; rice-dust

   Synonym: menir

   melukut di tepi gantang ― of little importance or insignificant (literally, “broken rice grains by the bushel”)

• “melukut”, 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

• lemukut, demukut

• IPA^(key): /məlukut/
• (Johor–Riau) IPA^(key): [məˈlu.kʊt̚], [məˈlu.kot̚]
• Rhymes: -kot, -ot

melukut (Jawi spelling ملوکوت, uncountable)

1. broken rice grains

   melukut di tepi gantang ― of little importance or insignificant (literally, “broken rice grains by the bushel”)

Properly the heavy rice-dust, not the outer husk which is blown away as chaff.

• Indonesian: melukut

• "melukut" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017