tidur

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See also: tíður

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay tidur, from Proto-Malayic *tidur, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuduʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *tuduʀ.

Pronunciation

Verb

tidur

  1. (intransitive) to sleep
    1. To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.
    2. (idiomatic, euphemistic) To have sexual intercourse.
  2. (intransitive, figuratively, usually of an non-animate object) to lie down (to take on a horizontal position)
    Synonyms: berbaring, terbaring
  3. (intransitive, figuratively, usually of a non-animate object) to be unactive (to be not active, temporarily or permanently)

Derived terms

References

  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*tuduR”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *tidur, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuduʀ, (compare Sundanese tunduh, Tagalog tulog), from Proto-Austronesian *tuduʀ.

Pronunciation

Verb

tidur (Jawi spelling تيدور)

  1. to sleep (to rest in state of reduced consciousness)

Noun

tidur (Jawi spelling تيدور, plural tidur-tidur, informal 1st possessive tidurku, 2nd possessive tidurmu, 3rd possessive tidurnya)

  1. sleep (state of reduced consciousness)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • > Indonesian: tidur (inherited)

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