pirai

Borrowed from Spanish piraya.

pirai (plural pirais or pirai)

1. (dated) A piranha fish.

• perai

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• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈpirai̯/ [ˈpi.rai̯]
• Rhymes: -irai̯
• Syllabification: pi‧rai

pirai (plural pirai-pirai)

1. (pathology) gout: an extremely painful inflammation of joints, especially of the big toe, caused by a metabolic defect resulting in the accumulation of uric acid in the blood and the deposition of urates around the joints

   Synonyms: (colloquial) asam urat; gout

• “pirai” 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.

pirai

1. second-person plural imperative of pirar