amplokan

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese ꦲꦩ꧀ꦥ꧀ꦭꦺꦴꦏꦤ꧀ (amplokan), ꦲꦩ꧀ꦥ꧀ꦭꦺꦴꦏ꧀ (amplok, “to cling with arms and legs”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amˈplokan/
• Hyphenation: am‧plo‧kan

Noun

amplokan (plural amplokan-amplokan)

1. joglo house building system

Further reading

• “amplokan”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016