banting tulang

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of banting (“slam”) +‎ tulang (“bone”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈban.tiŋ ˈtu.laŋ/

Verb

banting tulang (active membanting tulang)

1. (figurative, idiomatic) to work hard, to labour, to toil

Further reading

• “membanting tulang”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016