sanggah

Balinese

Romanization

sanggah

1. Romanization of ᬲᬗ᭄ᬕᬄ

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay sanggah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saŋgaq (“to arrest the progress of something by stopping or catching it; to support, keep from falling”). Doublet of sangga.

• Semantic loan from Balinese ᬲᬗ᭄ᬕᬄ (sanggah, “altar”, literally “seat, throne”) for Balinese family shrine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaŋɡah/
• Hyphenation: sang‧gah

Verb

sanggah

1. imperative of menyanggah

Derived terms

• menyanggah
• penyanggah
• penyanggahan
• sanggahan

 

Noun

sanggah (first-person possessive sanggahku, second-person possessive sanggahmu, third-person possessive sanggahnya)

1. (Hinduism) family shrine in the Balinese house-complex.

Further reading

• “sanggah” 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.