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gagang.

stalk

6 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɡa.ɡaŋ/

  1. stalk

  2. stem

  3. peduncle

  4. handle, haft, hilt, knob

  5. stub, stump

  6. aerial roots, roots that grow from branches (such as on a banyan tree)

  7. butt (of a gun)

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay gagang (“stalk”), from Javanese ꦒꦒꦁ (gagang, “central stalk, stem; handle”), from Old Javanese gagaṅ (“stalk”), gaṅ (“stalk”), ultimately probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *tguəŋ, *guəŋ, *tgəŋ (“stalk, handle”).

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