kurung

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay kurung, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuruŋ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈku.rʊŋ/
  • Rhymes: -rʊŋ, -ʊŋ,
  • Hyphenation: ku‧rung

Noun

kurung (first-person possessive kurungku, second-person possessive kurungmu, third-person possessive kurungnya)

  1. cage
  2. prison, jail
  3. confinement
  4. parenthesis, brackets

Derived terms

  • berkurung
  • dikurung
  • keterkurungan
  • kurungan
  • mengurung
  • pengurungan
  • terkurung

Further reading

Kambera

Noun

kurung

  1. room

References

  • Marian Klamer (1998) A Grammar of Kambera, Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 213

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuruŋ. Cognate with Acehnese kurông.

Noun

kurung (Jawi spelling کوروڠ, plural kurung-kurung, informal 1st possessive kurungku, 2nd possessive kurungmu, 3rd possessive kurungnya)

  1. cage
    Synonym: kurungan

Further reading

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