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

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

tolak

  1. Romanization of ꦠꦺꦴꦭꦏ꧀

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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  • Rhymes: -aʔ

Verb

tolak (Jawi spelling تولق)

  1. to push
    Antonym: tarik
    Dak baik menolak orang macam tu!
    It's not good pushing people like that!
  2. to reject, to withdraw
    Antonyms: sokong, terima
    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.
  3. subtract, deduct, remove, minus
    Antonyms: tambah, campur
    4 tolak 5 ― 4 minus 5

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:

Descendants
  • Indonesian: tolak

Further reading

Maranao

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tulak (“to push away”).

Verb

tolak

  1. to disown; to renounce
  2. to push (a boat) out to sea

References
  • Howard P. McKaughan, Batua A. Macaraya (1967) A Maranao Dictionary‎ (overall work in Maranao and English), University of Hawaii Press

Tetum

Etymology

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Verb

tolak

  1. to curse

Further reading
  • Fransiskus Monteiro (1985) Kamus Tetun-Indonesia [Tetum-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan
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