seksi

Indonesian

/sɛk.si/, /sɛk.si/

noun
Definitions
  • section, a part, piece, subdivision of anything.
  • (military) section, a group of 10-15 soldiers led by a non-commissioned officer and forming part of a platoon.
  • (surgery) section, an incision or the act of making an incision.

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch, Flemish sectie (dissection, subdivision) derived from Latin sectio (excision, cutting off, etc, amputation of diseased parts of the body, cutting) root from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (cut, dry out, coagulate).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*sek-

Gloss

cut, dry out, coagulate

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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