tolak

tolak

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay tolak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tulak (“push something away, shove, repel; push off, as a boat leaving shore or being poled through shallow water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtolak̚]
• Hyphenation: to‧lak

Verb

tolak

1. to reject
2. (rare) to push

   Synonyms: dorong, sorong

Hyponyms

• tolak angsur
• tolak bahara
• tolak bala
• tolak balik
• tolak bara
• tolak bayar
• tolak nirpendapat
• tolak peluru
• tolak raih
• tolak senjata
• tolak sumpah
• tolak tarik

 

Derived terms

• bertolak
• bertolak-tolak
• bertolak-tolakan
• menolak
• menolakkan
• penolak
• penolakan
• tertolak
• tolakan
• tolak-menolak

 

Further reading

• “tolak” 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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Javanese

Romanization

tolak

1. Romanization of ꦠꦺꦴꦭꦏ꧀

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Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tulak (“push something away, shove, repel; push off, as a boat leaving shore or being poled through shallow water”). Cognate with Tagalog tulak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tolak/
• Rhymes: -olak, -lak, -ak
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [to̞.läʔ]
• Audio:

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Verb

tolak (Jawi spelling تولق‎)

1. to push

   Dak baik menolak orang macam tu!

   It's not good pushing people like that!

   Antonym: tarik

2. to reject, to withdraw

   Tawaran diskaun tiba-tiba itu ditolak oleh pelanggan yang tidak suka akan barang itu.

   The sudden discount offer was rejected by the customer who was not fond of the product.

   Antonyms: sokong, terima

3. subtract, deduct, remove, minus

   4 tolak 5 ― 4 minus 5

   Antonyms: tambah, campur

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• penolak [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• tolakan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
• menolak [agent focus] (meN-)
• menolakkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• ditolak [patient focus] (di-)
• ditolakkan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
• tertolak [agentless action] (teR-)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• tolak-menolak
• tolak ansur (“tolerance”)

Descendants

• Indonesian: tolak

Further reading

• “tolak” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *tulak