kumico

Indonesian

Etymology

From Japanese 組長(くみちょう) (kumichō, “head of a group”), whence kumi can also be from 隣組 (tonarigumi, “neighborhood association”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku.mi.t͡ʃo/
• Hyphenation: ku‧mi‧co

Noun

kumico (first-person possessive kumicoku, second-person possessive kumicomu, third-person possessive kumiconya)

1. (archaic) neighborhood association chief.

Further reading

• “kumico” 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.