penggal

Indonesian

Etymology

Ultimately from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puŋgal (“prune, cut off the tip”), *puŋgel (“prune, cut off the tip”). Compare to Tagalog punggal (“broken or cut off above the root”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /pəŋˈɡal/ [pəŋˈɡal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: peng‧gal

Verb

pênggal (active memenggal, passive dipenggal)

  1. (transitive) to cut off (to remove via cutting)

Noun

pênggal

  1. (uncommon, of a reading, story, etc) part (a fraction of a whole)
    Synonym: penggalan

Derived terms

Affixed terms
  • berpenggal
  • berpenggal-penggal
  • berpenggalan
  • pemenggal
  • pemenggalan
  • penggal-penggal
  • penggalan
  • sepenggal
  • terpenggal
  • terpenggal-penggal
Compound terms
  • penggal waktu

Further reading

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