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Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay kurung, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuruŋ.
Pronunciation
Noun
kurung (first-person possessive kurungku, second-person possessive kurungmu, third-person possessive kurungnya)
- cage
- prison; jail
- confinement
- parenthesis; brackets
Derived terms
Further reading
Javanese
Romanization
kurung
- Romanization of ꦏꦸꦫꦸꦁ
Kambera
Noun
kurung
- room
References
- Marian Klamer (1998) A Grammar of Kambera, Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 213
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuruŋ. Compare Acehnese kurông and Tagalog kulong, Ilocano kurong.
Noun
kurung (Jawi spelling کوروڠ, plural kurung-kurung, informal 1st possessive kurungku, 2nd possessive kurungmu, 3rd possessive kurungnya)
- cage
- Synonym: kurungan
Descendants
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