penangkalan
Indonesian
Etymology
Affixation of tangkal + peng- -an.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /pənaŋˈkalan/ [pə.naŋˈka.lan]
- Rhymes: -alan
- Syllabification: pe‧nang‧ka‧lan
Noun
penangkalan (plural penangkalan-penangkalan)
- deterrence
- preventive measure
- (immigration) ban on entrance
- rejection
- prevention
Further reading
- “penangkalan”, 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