tembok

Inherited from Malay tembok, from Aslian.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtembok/ [ˈt̪em.bɔk̚]
• Rhymes: -embok
• Syllabification: tem‧bok

tembok (plural tembok-tembok)

1. synonym of dinding (“wall”)

• “tembok”, 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

From Aslian. Compare Kensiu tɛmɔʔ (“gravel road”).

tembok (Jawi spelling تيمبوق, plural tembok-tembok)

1. wall (of masonry)
2. (dialectal, Kelantan) road

tĕmbok

1. torn, rent, in holes
2. hollow (of teeth)

• “tembok”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017