tengkuk
Indonesian
Alternative forms
- tengkok (nonstandard)
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /təŋˈkuk/ [t̪əŋˈkʊk̚]
- Rhymes: -uk
- Syllabification: teng‧kuk
Noun
têngkuk (plural tengkuk-tengkuk)
Further reading
- “tengkuk”, 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
Malay
Alternative forms
- tĕngkok (1924-1972)
- tengkok (pronunciation spelling)
Etymology
Possibly inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təŋkuk. Compare Acehnese takuë, Toba Batak takkuhuk, Chamorro tongho, Jarai tkuăĭ, Kayan River Kayan tekok.
Also compare Semai tangkuk, Jehai tŋkɔk, Kensiu təŋkɔg, Semnam təŋkɔg, Riang kok.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Baku) IPA(key): /təŋˈkuk/ [t̪əŋˈkuʔ]
- Rhymes: -uʔ
- (schwa-variety) IPA(key): /təŋˈkok/ [t̪əŋˈkoʔ]
- Rhymes: -oʔ
- Hyphenation: teng‧kuk
Noun
tengkuk (Jawi spelling تڠکوق, plural tengkuk-tengkuk or tengkuk2)
- (anatomy) nape[2] (back part of the neck)
- Synonyms: godok, jitok (obsolete), kodok, kuduk (Minangkabau Malay), tundun (Brunei, Minangkabau Malay)
- Holonym: leher
- Meronym: ekor lipas
- mane (of horses, lions, etc.)
- Synonym: surai
Derived terms
Compounds
- kembang tengkuk (“goose bump”)
- tengkuk biawak (“a type of plants”)
Descendants
- > Indonesian: tengkuk (inherited)
References
- ^ Harry Shorto (2006), A Mon-Khmer Comparative Dictionary, page 73
- ^ “tengkuk”, in Kamus Dewan [The Institute Dictionary] (in Malay), Fourth edition, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2005, →ISBN
Further reading
- "tengkuk" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017