gagang

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.ɡaŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɡaŋ
• Hyphenation: ga‧gang

gagang (plural gagang-gagang)

1. stalk
2. stem

   Synonym: batang

3. peduncle
4. handle, haft, hilt, knob
5. stub, stump
6. aerial roots, roots that grow from branches (such as on a banyan tree)

   Synonym: sulur

• “gagang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

gagang

1. romanization of ꦒꦒꦁ