gelegar

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ɡələˈɡar/ [ɡə.ləˈɡar]
• Rhymes: -ar
• Syllabification: ge‧le‧gar

Etymology 1

Infixed gegar +‎ -el-.

Noun

gelegar

1. sound of cannon, thunder, or rumble

Etymology 2

From Malay gelegar. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

gelegar (plural gelegar-gelegar)

1. beam, girder, joint (of floor)

Further reading

• “gelegar”, 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