linggis
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Sundanese linggis.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]linggis
- crowbar (an iron or steel bar, often with a flattened end which may also be hook-shaped, to be used as a lever to manually force things apart)
Verb
[edit]linggis (active melinggis, passive dilinggis, perfective passive terlinggis)
- to crowbar (to force to move, usually with a crowbar; to prise)
- (figuratively) to defeat (to overcome in battle or contest)
- Synonym: kalahkan
Further reading
[edit]- “linggis” 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.
- “melinggis” 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.
Sundanese
[edit]Noun
[edit]linggis
Categories:
- Indonesian terms borrowed from Sundanese
- Indonesian terms derived from Sundanese
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Indonesian/ɡɪs
- Rhymes:Indonesian/ɡɪs/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Indonesian/ɪs
- Rhymes:Indonesian/ɪs/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Indonesian/s
- Rhymes:Indonesian/s/2 syllables
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
- Indonesian verbs
- Sundanese lemmas
- Sundanese nouns