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gotong-royong

gotong-royong noun: cooperation by members of a community to achieve a common goal.

Noun

gotong-royong (countable and uncountable, plural gotong-royongs)

  1. (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, uncountable) Cooperation by members of a community to achieve a common goal.
    • These [Housing and Development Board housing estates] must be the core areas where the concept of neighbourliness and the friendly smile and greeting can and must be promoted and the kampung spirit of ‘gotong royong’ preserved. [Quoting an editorial in the National Youth Leadership Training...1978 December 7, “The good S’porean urged to set an example”, in The Straits Times, Singapore: Singapore Press Holdings, →OCLC, page 26, column 10
  2. (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, countable) An event where people clean up a place, such as sweeping and removing rubbish.

Forms of gotong-royong

pluralgotong-royongs

Origin of gotong-royong

Unadapted borrowing from Malay gotong-royong.

Questions about gotong-royong

What does gotong-royong mean?
Gotong-royong means cooperation by members of a community to achieve a common goal.
What part of speech is gotong-royong?
Gotong-royong is a noun.
What is the plural of gotong-royong?
The plural of gotong-royong is gotong-royongs.

Words near gotong-royong in the dictionary

  1. Gotobeds
  2. GOTOed
  3. GOTOing
  4. Gotokan Daku
  5. Gotokan Diot
  6. gotong-royong
  7. gotong-royongs
  8. gotos
  9. gotra
  10. gotras
  11. gotrocks

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