tong sampah
Malay
Etymology
From tong (“barrel; bin”) + sampah (“garbage; rubbish”). Calque of English rubbish bin.
Noun
tong sampah (plural tong-tong sampah)
Further reading
- “tong sampah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.