Definition of Pondok

1. a type of crude dwelling [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pondok

ponderosity
ponderous
ponderously
ponderousness
ponderousnesses
ponders
pondfish
pondfishes
pondhawk
pondhawks
pondian
ponding
pondings
pondlife
pondlike
pondok (current term)
pondokkie
pondokkies
pondoks
ponds
pondskater
pondskaters
pondus
pondward
pondwater
pondwaters
pondweed
pondweed family
pondweeds
pondy

Literary usage of Pondok

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Descriptive Dictionary of British Malaya by Nicholas Belfield Dennys (1894)
"pondok.—Strictly speaking, an umbrella-shaped hut of palm leaves, so made as to furnish a roof and wall under which one can sit or lie. ..."

2. Reports of Cases by New York (State). Court of Appeals (1892)
"pondok Gedeh " is a plantation in an adjoining district ; its coffee at the ... Held, that no general custom was shown to sell " pondok Gedeh " as " Free ..."

3. Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia (1858)
"... pondok Arrow, and pondok Panjang were originally established on the plain to the westward, to supply small articles to the gold-searchers. ..."

4. Recollections of a Boer Prisoner-of-war at Ceylon by Jan N. Brink (1904)
"If one wants to build a "pondok", one must lay the foundation for a pondok. The palace will not be able to stand on the foundation of the pondok, ..."

5. Pagan Races of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat, Charles Otto Blagden (1906)
"Kaff. 157. HOUSE: rumah, Sem. Beg., Ben. New. [Mai. rumah]. 158. HOUSE : [p ?] ono [initial letter torn off in MS.], Tan. Sag. Hut: pondok, Mantr. ..."

6. Recollections of a Boer Prisoner-of-war at Ceylon by Jan N. Brink (1904)
"If one wants to build a "pondok", one must lay the foundation for a pondok. The palace will not be able to stand on the foundation of the pondok, ..."

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