agas-agas

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *agas (“a tree: Aporosa spp.”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɡas aɡas/
• Rhymes: -aɡas, -as

Noun

agas-agas (Jawi spelling اݢس اݢس, informal 1st possessive agas-agasku, 2nd possessive agas-agasmu, 3rd possessive agas-agasnya)

1. Aporosa maingayi (a species of tree endemic to Peninsular Malaysia)

Further reading

• Wilkinson, Richard James. An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary. Macmillan. 1965.