kungkungan
Indonesian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /kuŋˈkuŋan/ [kuŋˈku.ŋan]
- Rhymes: -uŋan
- Syllabification: kung‧ku‧ngan
Noun
kungkungan
- a result of shackling
- Synonym: belengguan
- (more generally) shackle
- (figuratively, uncommon) confinement (the state of being confined)
- Synonyms: keterkurungan, keterbelengguan
Further reading
- “kungkungan” 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.