Biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow
English: chew, chewing, mastication, manduction
Bahasa: mengunyah
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kunyahBahasa Indonesia
chew, chaw, chewing, compaction, crunch
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Noun
A wad of something chewable as tobacco
English: chew, chaw, cud, quid, plug, wad
Bahasa: mengunyah, sugi, sepah, gentel, songel
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The act of crushing
English: crush, crunch, compaction
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Verb
Chew (food), to bite and grind with the teeth
English: chew, masticate, manducate, jaw
Bahasa: mengunyah, memamah, membaham, memepak
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