calui

Indonesian

Etymology

From Hokkien 食鐳 / 食镭 (chia̍h lui), as in 食 (chia̍h, “to eat”) +‎ 鐳 / 镭 (lui, “money”), with the latter from Malay duit, from Dutch duit.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃalui̯/
  • Hyphenation: ca‧lui

Adjective

calui

  1. (colloquial) fond of accepting bribe

Further reading

Latin

Verb

caluī

  1. first-person singular perfect active indicative of caleō
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