kurung

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Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Kambera[edit]

Noun[edit]

kurung

  1. room

References[edit]

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

Malay[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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

  1. cage
    Synonym: kurungan

Further reading[edit]