kaos (kaki)

a word from vocabulary Indonesian by Uri Tadmor  
Word form kaos (kaki)
LWT meaning(s)
Comments on word The addition of kaki ‘foot’ became necessary after the kaos was exapnded from ‘sock’ to ‘garment made of tigh-fitting tubular cloth’. Now kaos by itself means ‘T-shirt’. Sometimes spelled kaus.
Analyzability analyzable compound
Gloss tubular.garment foot]
Age Modern [27] (1700–2007)
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