tong sampah
Malay
Etymology
From tong (“barrel; bin”) + sampah (“garbage; rubbish”). Calque of English rubbish bin.
Noun
tong sampah (plural tong-tong sampah or tong2 sampah)
Further reading
- "tong sampah" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017