tukang polka

Sundanese

Etymology

From tukang (“handyman”) +‎ polka (“to cut (hair), to barber”)

Noun

tukang polka

1. barber; haircutter
   • 2021 May 1, @antapanihits, “TUKANG POLKA KLASIK DI ANTAPANI LAMA”, in Instagram‎^[1] (overall work in Indonesian):

     “Abdi mah ti ngawitan umur 20 janten tukang polka téh,”...

     "I became a barber since I was 20 years old,..."

Further reading

• Maman Sumantri, et al. (1985) Kamus Sunda-Indonesia [Sundanese-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Department of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia