renggang

== Indonesian == === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /rəŋˈɡaŋ/ [rəŋˈɡaŋ] Rhymes: -aŋ Syllabification: reng‧gang === Etymology 1 === Unknown, perhaps related to ganggang (“gap; loose”). ==== Adjective ==== rênggang loose (not fixed in place tightly or firmly) (figurative, of a relationship) not close ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Musi renggang. ==== Verb ==== rênggang (active merenggang, passive direnggang) (dialectal) to rape (to force sexual intercourse) === Further reading === “renggang”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016