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galang.

girder, prop, support, transverse bar, underlayer

6 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɡalaŋ/Standard-Indonesian[ˈɡa.laŋ]Standard-Indonesian
  1. girder, prop, support, transverse bar, underlayer

  2. pile of unused wood

  3. wood that connects the poles in the box where the stove is placed

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay galang (“a bar or roller laid at wart the path; thwarting or crossing; crossbeam”). Semantic loan from Javanese ꦒꦭꦁ (galang, “wooden framework, slipway, dock; to impound (wandering stock)”)

verb/ˈɡalaŋ/Standard-Indonesian[ˈɡa.laŋ]Standard-Indonesian
  1. to impede; to bar, to barrier

  2. to catch wild animals with sharpened sticks

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay galang (“a bar or roller laid at wart the path; thwarting or crossing; crossbeam”). Semantic loan from Javanese ꦒꦭꦁ (galang, “wooden framework, slipway, dock; to impound (wandering stock)”)

root/ˈɡalaŋ/Standard-Indonesian[ˈɡa.laŋ]Standard-Indonesian
  1. dike

    morpheme
Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from Old Javanese galĕṅ (“small dike enclosing irrigated fields”)

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