tarik tali

Compound of tarik +‎ tali, inherited from Malay tarik tali.

tarik tali (plural tarik-tarik tali, first-person possessive tarik taliku, second-person possessive tarik talimu, third-person possessive tarik talinya)

1. (rare) tug of war: a game or competition in which two teams pull or tug on opposite ends of a rope trying to force the other team over the line which initially marked the middle between the two teams.

   Synonym: tarik tambang

• “tarik tali” 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.

Compound of tarik (“pull”) +‎ tali (“rope”).

• IPA^(key): /tarik tali/
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [täre̞ʔ täli, -reʔ, -rɪʔ]

tarik tali

1. tug of war

   Salah satu permainan yang akan diadakan ialah tarik tali.

   One of the activities that will be held is tug of war.

• Indonesian: tarik tali

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