tonggak
“tonggak” is a Malay word. Its 10 meanings in English:
noun
- straight, pointed plant shoot (of bamboo and mangroves)
- buttress roots (of banyan etc.)
- stump, tree stump (the remains of a tree that has been cut off)
- vertical beam (a large vertical piece of timber or iron)
- pole, pillar (a long object for construction or support)
- base, source
- belief
- milestone (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
- a very quiet person
verb
Etymology
Doublet of tunggak.
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