dongkrak
Indonesian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Dutch dommekracht, from Middle Low German dumkraft.[1] Compare with German daumkraft, Swedish domkraft, Danish donkraft.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdongkrak (plural dongkrak-dongkrak, first-person possessive dongkrakku, second-person possessive dongkrakmu, third-person possessive dongkraknya)
- jack: A mechanical device used to raise and (temporarily) support a heavy object, now especially to lift one side of a motor vehicle when (e.g.) changing a tyre.
- Synonym: jék (Standard Malay)
Derived terms
editReferences
editFurther reading
edit- “dongkrak” 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.
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- Indonesian terms borrowed from Dutch
- Indonesian terms derived from Dutch
- Indonesian terms derived from Middle Low German
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Indonesian/krak
- Rhymes:Indonesian/krak/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Indonesian/rak
- Rhymes:Indonesian/rak/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Indonesian/ak
- Rhymes:Indonesian/ak/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Indonesian/k
- Rhymes:Indonesian/k/2 syllables
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns