tuduh

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay tuduh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuzuq₂ (“to point out, instruct”), from Proto-Austronesian *Cuzuq (“index finger”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtudʊh]
• Hyphenation: tu‧duh

Verb

tuduh

1. accuse (to attribute blame to someone)
   • 1945, Tan Malaka, Muslihat:

     Belakangan ini ada penyakit baru: curiga mencurigai, tuduh menuduh, dan tangkap menangkap, culik menculik.

     Lately there is a new disease: suspecting each other, accusing each other, arresting each other and kidnapping each other.

Derived terms

• menuduh
• menuduhkan
• penuduh
• penuduhan
• tertuduh
• tuduhan

 

Further reading

• “tuduh” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuzuq₂ (“to point out, instruct”), from Proto-Austronesian *Cuzuq (“index finger”). Doublet of tujuh and tunjuk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuduh/
• Rhymes: -uduh, -duh, -uh
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [tudʊh, -doh, -do̞h]

Verb

tuduh (Jawi spelling تودوه)

1. accuse (to attribute blame to someone)

   Menteri Kewangan pemerintah Afrika Selatan telah dituduh bahawa beliau telah menyapu duit pembayar cukai.

   The Finance Minister of the government of South Africa has been accused of embezzling the taxpayers' money.

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• penuduh [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• tuduhan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
• menuduh [agent focus] (meN-)
• dituduh [patient focus] (di-)

Further reading

• “tuduh” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Sakizaya

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *CuNuh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu.ˈduh/, [tu.ˈdoh]

Verb

tuduh

1. to burn

Derived terms

• makatuduh
• matuduh
• matuduhay
• mituduh
• nituduhan
• tuduhan
• tuduhen

 

References

• “撒奇萊雅語辭典 [Sakizaya Dictionary]”, in 原住民族語言線上詞典 [Online Dictionary of Aboriginal Languages] (in Mandarin), Taipei: Foundation for Research and Development of Aboriginal Languages, 2021