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kautim

kautim verb: to finish, to complete.

Verb

kautim (no third-person singular simple present, no present participle, no simple past or past participle)

  1. (Manglish, colloquial, no-past, no-present-participle, participle, past) to finish, to complete
    • Kautim already.
  2. (Manglish, colloquial, no-past, no-present-participle, participle, past) to bribe officers in order to avoid punishment
    • Never try to kautim with them. Engage an experienced lawyer straight away to protect your interest. It is against the law to kautim, and there is no guarantee that you can be free from the crime.
    • The message from the Malaysian government to businessmen is clear: No more cronyism and no more “kautim” (Cantonese for “all settled”) culture.

Forms of kautim

alternative form (colloquial)kawtim
alternative form (colloquial)kaotim

Origin of kautim

Borrowed from Cantonese 搞掂 (gaau² dim⁶, “to finish”)

Questions about kautim

What does kautim mean?
Kautim means to finish, to complete.
What part of speech is kautim?
Kautim is a verb.

Words near kautim in the dictionary

  1. kautaha
  2. kautahas
  3. Kauth
  4. Kauths
  5. Kautihulhadhoo
  6. kautim
  7. Kautokeino
  8. Kautsky
  9. Kautsky effect
  10. Kautsky effects
  11. Kautskyan

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