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sanggah

Pronunciation: /ˈsaŋɡah/

“sanggah” is an Indonesian word. Its 5 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to deny, to become denial against; to rebut
  2. to challenge, to oppose
  3. to protest against
  4. to have a different opinion; to object to

noun

  1. family shrine in a Balinese house-complex

Etymology

Inherited from Malay sanggah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saŋgaq (“to arrest the progress of something by stopping or catching it; to support, keep from falling”).

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