pangkalan
Indonesian
Etymology
Affixed pangkal + -an.
- Semantic loan from Minangkabau [Term?] for host sense.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paŋˈkalan/
- Hyphenation: pang‧kal‧an
Noun
pangkalan (first-person possessive pangkalanku, second-person possessive pangkalanmu, third-person possessive pangkalannya)
- anchorage, pier, quay, moorage
- base, base camp, center
- storage
- (dialect) host: one which receives or entertains a guest, socially, commercially, or officially.
Derived terms
- pangkalan data
Further reading
- “pangkalan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.