udik

From Malay udik (“upstream part of a river”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *udahik (“upstream part of a river”). Sense 3 of the noun is a semantic shift referring to the Batavian rural areas which were located in the south of Batavia Castle.

• (Urban Jakarta) IPA^(key): /u.ˈdik̚/

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• Rhymes: -ik

udik (Arab Gundul spelling اوديق)

1. upstream, part of the river towards the upstream direction
2. village, countryside
3. (Urban Jakarta) south

   Synonym: kidul

udik (Arab Gundul spelling اوديق, equative seudik, comparative udikan, excessive keudikan)

1. (figurative) befitting, resembling, or characteristic of countryfolk
2. dork

   Synonym: dusun

compass points (Urban Jakarta): majehab:  ^[edit]

From Malay udik, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *udahik (“upstream part of a river”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈudik/ [ˈu.dɪk̚]
• Rhymes: -udik
• Syllabification: u‧dik

udik (plural udik-udik)

1. upstream, part of the river towards the upstream direction
2. village, countryside

udik (comparative lebih udik, superlative paling udik)

1. (figurative) befitting, resembling, or characteristic of countryfolk
2. dork

   Synonym: kampungan

• “udik”, 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