tingkah

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtiŋkah/ [ˈt̪iŋ.kah]
• Rhymes: -iŋkah
• Syllabification: ting‧kah

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay tingkah (“behaviour, manner, ways”).

Noun

tingkah (plural tingkah-tingkah)

1. behavior

   Synonyms: kelakuan, perangai

2. caprice, fad, whim.
3. crotchet
4. vagary
5. megrim
6. oddity

Derived terms

• bertingkah

• tingkah laku
• tingkah langkah
• tingkah perangai

Etymology 2

Inherited from Malay tingkah (“drum”).

Noun

tingkah (plural tingkah-tingkah)

1. drum
2. drum beats and so on that accompany songs, sounds or dance
3. singing (cheering, applause, etc.) that alternates or responds to sounds

Derived terms

• bertingkah-tingkah
• meningkah
• meningkahi
• peningkah

• tingkah pumu

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Dairi Batak [Term?].

Noun

tingkah (plural tingkah-tingkah)

1. stairs on hills, mountains, or large rocks

Further reading

• “tingkah”, 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