tong sampah

Malay

Etymology

From tong (“barrel; bin”) +‎ sampah (“garbage; rubbish”).

Noun

tong sampah (plural tong-tong sampah, informal 1st possessive tong sampahku, 2nd possessive tong sampahmu, 3rd possessive tong sampahnya)

1. garbage can; rubbish bin

Further reading

• “tong sampah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.