tukang

Inherited from Malay tukang. Semantic loan from Betawi tukang for the senses of “seller” and “person with bad habit”.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtukaŋ/ [ˈt̪u.kaŋ]
• Rhymes: -ukaŋ
• Syllabification: tu‧kang

tukang (plural tukang-tukang, first-person possessive tukangku, second-person possessive tukangmu, third-person possessive tukangnya)

1. craftsman
2. handyman
3. workman
4. seller
5. artisan

   Synonyms: artisan, perajin, pengrajin

6. person with bad habit.

   tukang mabuk ― drunkard

7. (derogatory) expert

   Synonym: ahli

• “tukang” 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.

tukang

1. Romanization of ꦠꦸꦏꦁ

• IPA^(key): /tukaŋ/
• Rhymes: -kaŋ, -aŋ

tukang (Jawi spelling توکڠ, plural tukang-tukang, informal 1st possessive tukangku, 2nd possessive tukangmu, 3rd possessive tukangnya)

1. craftsman; handyman; workman; seller

   tukang masak ― chef

   tukang besi ― metal smith

   tukang gambar ― photographer

2. person with bad habit

   tukang mabuk ― drunkard

3. (derogatory) expert

   Synonym: ahli

• > Indonesian: tukang (inherited)
• → Javanese: ꦠꦸꦏꦁ (tukang)

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

Compare tukong.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tuˈkaŋ/ [t̪ʊˈxaŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: tu‧kang

tukáng (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜃᜅ᜔)

1. featherless bird or fowl

tukáng (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜃᜅ᜔)

1. featherless (as of a bird or fowl)

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