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pangkalan.

anchorage, pier, quay, moorage

9 characters3 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/paŋˈkalan/Standard-Indonesian[paŋˈka.lan]Standard-Indonesian
  1. anchorage, pier, quay, moorage

  2. base, base camp, center

  3. storage

  4. host: one which receives or entertains a guest, socially, commercially, or officially

    dialectal
  5. pool: a supply of resources

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay pangkalan, by surface analysis, pangkal + -an. Semantic loan from Minangkabau [Term?] for host sense.

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