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Indonesian
Pronunciation
Noun
tinju
- fist
- box, punch (a blow with the fist)
- boxing match
Verb
tinju (active meninju, passive ditinju)
- (transitive) to punch, to box
- Synonym: tinjukan
Derived terms
Further reading
Malay
Etymology
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Noun
tinju (Jawi spelling تينجو, plural tinju-tinju, informal 1st possessive tinjuku, 2nd possessive tinjumu, 3rd possessive tinjunya)
- fist
- Synonyms: buku lima, penumbuk
- boxing
- Synonym: kuntau
- punch, box (a blow with the fist)
- Synonym: tumbukan
Verb
tinju (active meninju, passive ditinju)
- (transitive) to punch, to box
- Synonym: tumbuk
tinju (in the form of bertinju)
- to box with someone
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
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Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
References
- Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “تنجو tindjoe”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 89
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “تنجو tinju”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 193
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “tinju”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 592
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