cukimai (Indonesian)

Where does "cukimai" come from?

The Indonesian interjection 'cukimai' is a direct borrowing from Manado Malay. It is a compound word formed by combining 'cuki', meaning vagina, with 'mai', meaning mother, to create a vulgar epithet equivalent to the English 'motherfucker'.

Full etymology tree

• cukimai (Indonesian), 'motherfucker'
  • borrowed cukimai (Manado Malay)
    • compound cuki (Manado Malay)
    • compound mai (Malay), 'to come (to move from further away to nearer to)'

Updated June 2026

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