tunggang
Malay
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tuŋ.ɡaŋ]
- Rhymes: -ɡaŋ, -aŋ
- Hyphenation: tung‧gang
Etymology 1
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Adjective
tunggang (Jawi spelling توڠݢڠ, comparative lebih tunggang, superlative paling tunggang)
- Upside down.
- Synonyms: terbalik, terjungkir, tertelungkup, tertonggeng
Derived terms
Affixations
- bersetunggang
- penunggangan
- pertunggang / pertunggangkan
- tertunggang
- tunggang-langgang / tunggang-tenggang
- tunggang-tunggit / tunggang-tonggek
- tunggangkan
Compounds
- kuat tunggang
- tunggang buyung
Etymology 2
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Adjective
tunggang (Jawi spelling توڠݢڠ, comparative lebih tunggang, superlative paling tunggang)
Derived terms
- akar tunggang / urat tunggang
- tunggang hati
Etymology 3
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Verb
tunggang (Jawi spelling توڠݢڠ, formal active menunggang, 3rd person passive ditunggang, also used in the form tunggangi)
- To ride (of a bicycle, horse, etc.).
- Synonyms: naiki, kenderai
- (figurative) To misuse.
- Synonym: pergunakan
- tunggang agama ― to misuse religion
Derived terms
Affixations
- penunggang
- tunggangan
Compounds
- kuda tunggang
- tunggang gunung
Etymology 4
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Noun
tunggang (Jawi spelling توڠݢڠ)
- (Kelantan-Pattani) A type of stove that is made by digging a hole and used to boil coconut water and other stuff.
Further reading
- "tunggang" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017