tribe in Malay
suku
/tɹaɪb/
tribe in Malay: suku, puak. In English, tribe means an ethnic group larger than a band or clan (and which may contain clans) but smaller than a nation (and which in turn may constitute a nation with other tribes). The tribe is often the basis of ethnic identity.
Malay words for tribe
- group of people
- suku, puak
English meaning of tribe
- noun An ethnic group larger than a band or clan (and which may contain clans) but smaller than a nation (and which in turn may constitute a nation with other tribes). The tribe is often the basis of ethnic identity.
- noun A tribal nation or people.
- noun A nation or people considered culturally primitive, as may be the case in Africa, Australia or Native America.
- noun A socially cohesive group of people within a society.
tribe in a sentence
- the Twelve Tribes of Israel; Germanic tribes; Celtic tribes
- The Formation of Kazakh Identity: From Tribe to Nation-state
- Near-synonyms: nation; ingroup
Synonyms of tribe
tribe in other languages
- tribe in Hindi
- tribe in Tamil
- tribe in Marathi
- tribe in Urdu
- tribe in Bengali
- tribe in Telugu
- tribe in Malayalam
- tribe in Kannada
- tribe in Punjabi
- tribe in Gujarati
- tribe in Odia
- tribe in Sanskrit
- tribe in Sinhala
- tribe in Nepali
- tribe in Pashto
- tribe in Tagalog
- tribe in Arabic
- tribe in Indonesian
- tribe in Thai
- tribe in Vietnamese
- tribe in Myanmar
Questions about tribe in Malay
- What is the meaning of tribe in Malay?
- Tribe in Malay is suku, puak.
- Apakah maksud tribe dalam bahasa Melayu?
- Tribe: suku, puak.
- What does tribe mean in English?
- Tribe means an ethnic group larger than a band or clan (and which may contain clans) but smaller than a nation (and which in turn may constitute a nation with other tribes). The tribe is often the basis of ethnic identity.
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