Etymology

sirih

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Today it means: A vining plant of Sumatra, whose leaves may be chewed with betel nuts or used medicinally to shrink the vagina after childbirth. Full definition →

Malay sirih
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The story

  1. Malay · borrowed fromsirih
  2. English todaysirih

From Malay sirih.

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