kurung

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Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay kurung, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuruŋ.

Pronunciation

Noun

kurung (plural kurung-kurung)

  1. cage
  2. prison; jail
  3. confinement
  4. parenthesis; brackets

Derived terms

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Javanese

Romanization

kurung

  1. Romanization of ꦏꦸꦫꦸꦁ

Kambera

Noun

kurung

  1. 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)

  1. cage
    Synonym: kurungan

Descendants

  • > Indonesian: kurung (inherited)
  • Macanese: curum

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