terkam

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay terkam.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ter‧kam

Verb

terkam

  1. pounce
    Singa yang galak itu siap menerkam mangsanya. ― The savage lion is ready to pounce on its prey.

Conjugation

Conjugation of terkam (meng-, transitive)
root terkam
active involuntary passive basic /
imperative 		emphatic /
jussive
active menerkam terterkam diterkam terkam terkamlah
locative – – – – –
causative / applicative1 menerkamkan terterkamkan diterkamkan terkamkan terkamkanlah
causative
active – – – – –
locative – – – – –
causative / applicative1 memperterkamkan terperterkamkan diperterkamkan perterkamkan perterkamkanlah

1 The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Further reading

Malay

Pronunciation

Verb

terkam (Jawi spelling ترکم)

  1. to pounce

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

Descendants

  • Indonesian: terkam

Further reading

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