tanggal.
to fall out
Meaning & usage
to fall out
Where this word comes from
From Malay tanggal (“to fall off”), from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋgal (“unfastened, detached”). * For the sense of date (day and month), a semantic loan from Javanese ꦠꦁꦒꦭ꧀ (tanggal, “date, beginning of the lunar month”), from Old Javanese taṅgal (“waxing (of the moon), first half of the lunar month”), probably from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋgal (“unfastened, detached”), refers to the new moon which moon is detached from the night sky.
date (day and month)
Where this word comes from
From Malay tanggal (“to fall off”), from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋgal (“unfastened, detached”). * For the sense of date (day and month), a semantic loan from Javanese ꦠꦁꦒꦭ꧀ (tanggal, “date, beginning of the lunar month”), from Old Javanese taṅgal (“waxing (of the moon), first half of the lunar month”), probably from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋgal (“unfastened, detached”), refers to the new moon which moon is detached from the night sky.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.