agas-agas

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *agas (“a tree: Aporosa spp.”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɡas aɡas/
• Rhymes: -aɡas, -as

Noun

agas-agas (Jawi spelling اݢس اݢس, uncountable)

1. Aporosa maingayi (a species of tree endemic to Peninsular Malaysia)

Further reading

• Wilkinson, R. J. (1946), “agas-agas”, in An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary, St. Martin's Street, London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd.