calui
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Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Adjective
[edit]calui
- (colloquial) fond of accepting bribe
Further reading
[edit]- “calui” 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.
Latin
[edit]Verb
[edit]caluī