Be persistent, refuse to stop
English: persevere, persist, hang in, hang on, hold on
Bahasa: bertahan, teguh, berpegang, tekun, gigih, tabah, berkeras, cekal
Less certain link between this word and this sense.
bertekunBahasa Indonesia
beaver, beaver away, hang in, hang on, hold on
Rare
#27,896 of the corpus · 1.2 per million words · 5,011 occurrences
From tekun (ber-) · less common, #10,847
Verb
Work hard on something
English: beaver, beaver away
Less certain link between this word and this sense.