sengkar

Inherited from Malay sengkar, from Classical Malay سڠکر (sĕngkar), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *səŋkar (“transverse beams that support the roof of a house; thwart or ribs of a boat”).

• IPA^(key): /səŋˈkar/, [səŋˈkar]

sengkar (plural sengkar-sengkar)

1. crossbar or thwart in a boat (for the oarsmen)

• “sengkar”, 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

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *səŋkar (“transverse beams that support the roof of a house; thwart or ribs of a boat”).

• IPA^(key): /səŋˈkar/ [səŋˈkar]

sengkar (Jawi spelling سڠکر, plural sengkar-sengkar)

1. crossbar or thwart in a boat; cross-seat

• Indonesian: sengkar

• “sengkar”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017