Upil

from jawa

Verified
Standard
noun
kedokteran
Locus
From jawa

Definition

Dried mucus that accumulates and hardens inside the nose.

Etymology

Borrowed from the Javanese word 'upil', referring to hardened nasal mucus. The term entered the Indonesian vocabulary through everyday cultural assimilation and has maintained its original meaning without significant semantic shifts.

Semantic Category

Locus