pangkuan

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed pangku +‎ -an. Doublet of pangkon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paŋˈkuan/
• Rhymes: -an, -n
• Hyphenation: pang‧ku‧an

Noun

pangkuan (plural pangkuan-pangkuan, first-person possessive pangkuanku, second-person possessive pangkuanmu, third-person possessive pangkuannya)

1. lap: a place of rearing and fostering; the upper legs of a seated person.

   Synonyms: haribaan, ribaan

Further reading

• “pangkuan” 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.