tonggak
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Indonesian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈtɔŋɡak/ [ˈt̪ɔŋ.ɡak̚]
- Syllabification: tong‧gak
Etymology 1
[edit]Related to tunggak.
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
[edit]tonggak
- vertical beam (a large vertical piece of timber or iron)
- pole, pillar (a long object for construction or support)
- Synonym: tiang
- milestone (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
- stump, treestump (the remains of a tree that has been cut off)
- (figurative) base, source
- (chiefly obsolete) a very quiet person
Compounds
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]An alternative form of an word.
Verb
[edit]tonggak (active menonggak, passive ditonggak)
- Alternative form of tunggak
Etymology 3
[edit]Perhaps related to teguk and tenggak.
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Verb
[edit]tonggak (active menonggak, passive ditonggak)
Further reading
[edit]- “tonggak” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.