tinggal

tinggal

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay tinggal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɪŋɡal/
• Hyphenation: ting‧gal

Verb

tinggal

1. to remain:
   1. to abide; to stay; to endure; to last: to continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity.
   2. to stay behind, to be left.
   3. to continue in a state of being.

      Synonyms: selalu, tetap

2. to live, to inhabit, to reside: to have permanent residence somewhere.

   Synonym: diam

3. to stay
4. to be left
5. to be in the past
6. to forget

   Synonym: lupa

7. to do the remnant.
8. to depend

Adjective

tinggal

1. occupied, inhabited.
2. leftover.

Derived terms

• bertinggal
• ketertinggalan
• ketinggalan
• meninggal
• meninggali
• meninggalkan
• peninggal
• peninggalan
• pertinggal
• sepeninggal
• tertinggal
• tinggalan

 

• tinggal bersiul-siul
• tinggal diam
• tinggal waktu

 

• selamat tinggal

 

Further reading

• “tinggal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Malay

Etymology

Possibly from Tamil தங்குதல் (taṅkutal, “To live in a place.”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiŋ.ɡäl/

• Audio (MY)

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Verb

tinggal (Jawi spelling تيڠݢل‎)

1. to leave.

   Aku tertinggal fon aku kat rumah nenek aku.

   I accidentally left my phone at my granny's house.

2. to live; to make one's home at a particular place.

   Saya tinggal di Rawang.

   .ساي تيڠڬل د راوڠ

   I live in Rawang.

Related terms

• meninggal dunia
• selamat tinggal

Descendants

• Indonesian: tinggal

Further reading

• “tinggal” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.