Etymology

karambit

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Today it means: A small, curved Southeast Asian knife resembling a Sumatran tiger's claw. Full definition →

Minangkabau kurambik
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The story

  1. Minangkabau · borrowed fromkurambik
  2. English todaykarambit

Borrowed from Minangkabau kurambik, karambiak.

Words from the same roots

Minangkabaukurambik all →

kerambit

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.