orang tua

Chinese

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Definitions
  • parents: father and mother
  • elder, an older person or an older member, usually a leader, of some community

Etymology

Inherited from Malay orang toewa (elder) inherited from orang tuha (elder) compound from Indonesian orang (person, man) + Indonesian tua (old).

Origin

Indonesian

tua

Gloss

old

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Kanji

古, 老

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