Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryInformal term of address for a male warrant officer in the Singapore Armed Forces.
From Malay encik, from Hokkien 引叔 (ín-chek, “uncle”).
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