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English
Etymology
From Latin ter (“three times”).
Prefix
ter-
- three, threefold
Derived terms
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Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay ter-, from Classical Malay ter-, from Proto-Malayic *tAr-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taʀ-, from Proto-Austronesian *taʀ-.
Pronunciation
Prefix
ter- (verb base)
- accidental aspect of the passive intransitive verb
- ter- + tidur (“sleep”) → tertidur (“(accidentally) slept”)
- momentane aspect of the passive intransitive verb
- ter- + jatuh (“fall”) → terjatuh (“(suddenly) fall”)
- perfective aspect of the passive transitive verb
- ter- + letak (“to place”) → terletak (“have been placed”)
- ter- + sangka (“to suspect”) → tersangka (“to be suspected”)
- (law) noun derivative from perfective aspect of the passive transitive verb
- ter- + sangka (“to suspect”) → tersangka (“suspect”)
- to be able
- ter- + beli (“to buy”) → terbeli (“to be able to buy”)
ter- (adjective base, adverb base)
- used to form the superlative of adjectives and adverbs.
- ter- + besar (“big”) → terbesar (“biggest”)
- ter- + panjang (“long”) → terpanjang (“longest”)
Alternative forms
- te- used in word with initial /r/ or several words with final /-ər.C-/ in first syllable
Derived terms
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Limburgish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *twiz-, from Proto-Indo-European *dwís.
Pronunciation
Prefix
ter- (German-based spelling, Veldeke spelling)
- (inseperable verbal prefix) asunder, to pieces, to bits, in two
- ter- + brääke (“to break”) → terbrääke (“to break in two”)
Malay
Etymology
From Classical Malay ter-, from Proto-Malayic *tAr-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taʀ-, from Proto-Austronesian *taʀ-.
Pronunciation
Prefix
ter-
- accidental aspect of the passive intransitive verb
- ter- + tidur (“sleep”) → tertidur (“(accidentally) slept”)
- momentane aspect of the passive intransitive verb
- ter- + jatuh (“fall”) → terjatuh (“(suddenly) fall”)
- perfective aspect of the passive transitive verb
- ter- + letak (“to place”) → terletak (“have been placed”)
- ter- + sangka (“to suspect”) → tersangka (“to be suspected”)
- to be able
- ter- + beli (“to buy”) → terbeli (“to be able to buy”)
ter- (adjective base, adverb base)
- used to form the superlative of adjectives and adverbs.
- ter- + besar (“big”) → terbesar (“biggest”)
- ter- + panjang (“long”) → terpanjang (“longest”)
Derived terms