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kakus
a word from vocabulary
Indonesian
by
Uri Tadmor
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Word form
kakus
LWT meaning(s)
the toilet
Word meaning
A lavatory, a stationary outhouse (as opposed to a floating one).
Comments on word
Analyzable in Dutch but not in Indonesian.
Analyzability
unanalyzable
Age
Modern [27] (1700–2007)
Register
Formal
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
5. no evidence for borrowing
Source words
kakhuis
'outhouse'
Dutch
Effect
Insertion
Salience
Present only since contact
Contact situation
Dutch colonization [27]
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