dengkul

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese dhengkul.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /dəŋˈkul/ [dəŋˈkʊl]
• Rhymes: -ul
• Syllabification: deng‧kul

Noun

dengkul (plural dengkul-dengkul)

1. (anatomy) knee

   Synonym: lutut

Further reading

• “dengkul” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Noun

dengkul

1. Nonstandard spelling of dhengkul.