loak

Indonesian

Etymology

From Chinese Hokkien 籮／箩 (lôa, “bamboo basket”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈloaʔ]
• Hyphenation: loak

Noun

loak (first-person possessive loakku, second-person possessive loakmu, third-person possessive loaknya)

1. bin, such as trash bin.

Derived terms

• loakan
• meloak
• meloakkan

 

Further reading

• “loak” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.