borgol

Indonesian

Etymology

From Sundanese bogol (“a piece of bamboo tied to the wrists of a man in charge of the police”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈbɔrɡɔl/ [ˈbɔr.ɡɔl]
  • Rhymes: -ɔrɡɔl
  • Syllabification: bor‧gol

Noun

borgol

  1. handcuffs

Verb

borgol (active memborgol, passive diborgol)

  1. (transitive) to handcuff

Synonyms

  • (all senses): gari (dialectal or obsolete)

Derived terms

  • pemborgolan (“handcuffing, the act of handcuffing”)

Further reading

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