titik tumpu
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compound of titik + tumpu. Calque of Dutch steunpunt (“fulcrum”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]titik tumpu (plural titik-titik tumpu, first-person possessive titik tumpuku, second-person possessive titik tumpumu, third-person possessive titik tumpunya)
- fulcrum
- (mechanics) the support about which a lever pivots.
- Synonym: fulkrum
- Synonyms: fulkrum, sangga tuas (Standard Malay)
- (figurative) a crux or pivot; a central point.
- (mechanics) the support about which a lever pivots.
- start point, starting point
Further reading
[edit]- “titik tumpu” 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.