banting tulang
Indonesian
editEtymology
editCompound of banting (“slam”) + tulang (“bone”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editbanting tulang (active membanting tulang)
- (figurative) to work hard, to labour, to toil
Further reading
edit- “membanting tulang” 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.