Ungkit

from indonesia

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noun
Locus
From indonesia

Definition

A playground equipment consisting of a balanced board for sitting and moving up and down; a seesaw.

Etymology

A native Indonesian word closely related to 'ungkil'. Semantically, it evolved from the physical motion of lifting a load from below, later applied to name the seesaw play equipment or as a metaphor for bringing up past issues.

Semantic Category

Locus