tonggak

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Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Related to tunggak.

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Noun

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tonggak

  1. vertical beam (a large vertical piece of timber or iron)
  2. pole, pillar (a long object for construction or support)
    Synonym: tiang
  3. milestone (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
    Synonyms: batu, pal
  4. stump, treestump (the remains of a tree that has been cut off)
    Synonyms: tunggak, tunggul
  5. (figurative) base, source
  6. (chiefly obsolete) a very quiet person
Compounds
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Etymology 2

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An alternative form of an word.

Verb

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tonggak (active menonggak, passive ditonggak)

  1. Alternative form of tunggak

Etymology 3

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Perhaps related to teguk and tenggak.

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Verb

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tonggak (active menonggak, passive ditonggak)

  1. (obsolete) to pour (something) into one's mouth

Further reading

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