The condition of not containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water)
English: dryness, waterlessness, xerotes
Less certain link between this word and this sense.
kekeringanBahasa Indonesia
aridity, aridness, drought, drouth, dryness
Less common
#6,074 of the corpus · 13.6 per million words · 58,133 occurrences
From ring (ke-ke-…-an) · less common, #7,188
Noun
A shortage of rainfall
English: drought, drouth
Bahasa: kemarau, musim kering
Less certain link between this word and this sense.
A deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall)
English: aridity, aridness, thirstiness
Bahasa: kehausan, kegersangan
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