Tiris miris
from indonesia
Verified
Standard
adjective
Reduplication
From indonesia
Definition
A state of being extensively leaky or damaged, often used to describe a distressing or precarious situation.
Etymology
A reduplicated form of the word 'tiris' reinforced by the word 'miris'.
Semantic Category
Words that only or primarily exist in reduplicated form (e.g., gara-gara).
Reduplication