dedes

dedes

1. (reintegrationist norm) second-person plural present subjunctive of dar

Inherited from Malay dedes, didis (“civet”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛdɛs/ [ˈdɛ.dɛs]
• Rhymes: -ɛdɛs
• Syllabification: de‧des

dedes (plural dedes-dedes)

1. civet

   Synonym: musang

2. musk

   Synonym: kesturi

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• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛdɛs/ [ˈdɛ.dɛs]
• Rhymes: -ɛdɛs
• Syllabification: de‧des

dedes

1. to slice thinly

Inherited from Malay dĕdĕs (“to browbeat; to question insistently”), from Javanese ꦝꦼꦝꦼꦱ꧀ (dhedhes, “to plague with questions”), from Old Javanese ḍĕḍĕs (“to press on”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈdədəs/ [ˈdə.dəs]
• Rhymes: -ədəs
• Syllabification: de‧des

dedes

1. to probe, to ask by probing.

• “dedes” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

dēdēs

1. second-person singular future active indicative of dēdō