tanah genting

Compound of tanah +‎ genting.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˌtanah ɡənˈtiŋ/ [ˌt̪a.nah ɡən̪ˈt̪iŋ]
• Rhymes: -iŋ
• Syllabification: ta‧nah gen‧ting

tanah genting (plural tanah-tanah genting)

1. (geography) isthmus: a narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, and connecting two larger landmasses.

• “tanah genting”, 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

Compound of tanah +‎ genting.

• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): /ˌtanah ɡənˈteŋ/ [ˌt̪a.nah ɡən̪ˈt̪eŋ]
  • Rhymes: -teŋ, -eŋ

• (Baku) IPA^(key): /ˌtanah ɡənˈtiŋ/ [ˌt̪a.nah ɡən̪ˈt̪iŋ]
  • Rhymes: -tiŋ, -iŋ
• Hyphenation: ta‧nah gen‧ting

tanah genting (plural tanah-tanah genting)

1. (geography) isthmus: a narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, and connecting two larger landmasses.

   Synonyms: genting tanah (obsolete), ismus, segenting

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