tolak

Etymology

Inherited 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

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtolak/ [ˈt̪o.lak̚]
• Rhymes: -olak
• Syllabification: to‧lak

Verb

tolak

1. to reject
2. (rare) to push

   Synonyms: dorong, sorong

Further reading

• “tolak” 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.

Romanization

tolak

1. Romanization of ꦠꦺꦴꦭꦏ꧀

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

• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): /ˈtolak/ [ˈt̪o.laʔ]

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• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Hyphenation: to‧lak

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

Further reading

• “tolak” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *tulak

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

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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