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Indonesian
Etymology
From Javanese ꦠꦁꦒꦸꦭ꧀ (tanggul, “embankment, dam”), from Old Javanese taṅgul (“parrying, defence”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: tang‧gul
Noun
tanggul (first-person possessive tanggulku, second-person possessive tanggulmu, third-person possessive tanggulnya)
- levee
- Synonym: tambak
Further reading
Javanese
Etymology
From Old Javanese taṅgul, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋgul (“defend oneself, parry a blow”).
Noun
tanggul
- earth dam built in rice paddies to control the flow of water
Further reading
- The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “tanggul”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN