A deaf person who is unable to speak
English: mute, deaf-mute, deaf-and-dumb person
Bahasa: terdiam, membungkam
Less certain link between this word and this sense.
membisuBahasa Indonesia
deaf-and-dumb person, deaf-mute, mum, mute, silent
Rare
#24,275 of the corpus · 1.5 per million words · 6,448 occurrences
From bisu (meN-) · less common, #11,526
Noun
Adjective
Failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to
English: mum, silent
Bahasa: diam, bungkam, menutup mulut
Less certain link between this word and this sense.
Habitually reserved and uncommunicative
English: taciturn
Bahasa: pendiam, berat lidah, berat mulut
Less certain link between this word and this sense.