tengguli
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay tengguli.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /təŋˈɡuli/ [t̪əŋˈɡu.li]
- Rhymes: -uli
- Syllabification: teng‧gu‧li
Noun
tengguli (plural tengguli-tengguli)
- (botany) golden shower, purging cassia, Indian laburnum, kani konna, or pudding-pipe tree (Cassia fistula)
- molasses
- Synonyms: air gula, kinca, sirop gula
- a palm sugar and coconut milk syrup
- Synonym: juruh
- (uncountable) madder brown
- tengguli:
- (uncountable) dark brick
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- (uncountable) reddish brown
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Further reading
- “tengguli” 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.
- Daftar Istilah Warna [Color Glossary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, 1984, page 13