tengkuk

== Indonesian == === Alternative forms === tengkok (nonstandard) === Etymology === Inherited from Malay tengkuk. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /təŋˈkuk/ [t̪əŋˈkʊk̚] Rhymes: -uk Syllabification: teng‧kuk === Noun === têngkuk (plural tengkuk-tengkuk) (anatomy) nape (back part of the neck) Synonym: kuduk === Further reading === “tengkuk”, 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 == Malay == === Alternative forms === tĕngkok (1924-1972) tengkok (pronunciation spelling) === Etymology === Possibly inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təŋkuk. Compare Acehnese takuë, Toba Batak takkuhuk, Chamorro tongho, Jarai tkuăĭ, Kayan River Kayan tekok. Also compare Semai tangkuk, Jehai tŋkɔk, Kensiu təŋkɔg, Semnam təŋkɔg, Riang kok. === Pronunciation === (Baku) IPA(key): /təŋˈkuk/ [t̪əŋˈkuʔ] Rhymes: -uʔ (schwa-variety) IPA(key): /təŋˈkok/ [t̪əŋˈkoʔ] Rhymes: -oʔ Hyphenation: teng‧kuk === Noun === tengkuk (Jawi spelling تڠکوق, plural tengkuk-tengkuk or tengkuk2) (anatomy) nape (back part of the neck) Synonyms: godok, jitok (obsolete), kodok, kuduk (Minangkabau Malay), tundun (Brunei, Minangkabau Malay) Holonym: leher Meronym: ekor lipas mane (of horses, lions, etc.) Synonym: surai ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== > Indonesian: tengkuk (inherited) === References === === Further reading === "tengkuk" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017