Bertolak-tolakan
from indonesia
Verified
Standard
verb
Reduplication
From indonesia
Definition
The action of pushing or repelling each other repeatedly between two or more parties.
Etymology
A reduplicated form of the root word 'tolak' with the circumfix ber-an.
Semantic Category
Words that only or primarily exist in reduplicated form (e.g., gara-gara).
Reduplication