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Indonesian
Etymology
Although this word seems related to tujuh (also tuduh, tuju, tunjuk, and telunjuk), it actually comes from a different source. Dempwolff (1938) reconstructed the source of this word (Uraustronesisch) as *tunduk.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtʊn.dʊʔ/
- Rhymes: -dʊʔ
- Hyphenation: tun‧duk
Verb
tunduk (active menunduk)
- (intransitive) to bow (to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference)
- (intransitive, figurative, by extension)
- to surrender; to yield (to give up into the power, control, or possession of another)
- to submit (to yield or give way to another)
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References
- ^ Otto Dempwolff (1934-1938) Vergleichende Lautlehre des austronesischen Wortschatzes (in German)