terus

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Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: tê‧rus

Etymology 1

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Alternative forms

  • teroes (van Ophuijsen (1901–1947))

Adverb

têrus

  1. straight:
    1. of a direction relative to the subject, precisely; as if following a direct line.
      Synonym: lantas
    2. directly; without pause, delay or detour
      Synonyms: langsung, lalu
    3. continuously; without interruption or pause
      Antonym: berhenti-henti
  2. continuously

Verb

têrus

  1. continue
  2. keep going, straight ahead

Derived terms

Etymology 2

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Adjective

têrus

  1. genuine, pure
    Synonym: tulen

Further reading

West Makian

Etymology

An unadapted borrowing from Indonesian terus (“straight, directly”), preserving the schwa.

Pronunciation

Conjunction

terus

  1. (and) then, (and) at once

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics
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