kurang lebih
Indonesian
Alternative forms
- kurleb (abbreviation, colloquial)
- lebih kurang (Standard Malay)
Etymology
Compound kurang + lebih, calque of Dutch min of meer.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˌkuraŋ ləˈbih/ [ˌku.raŋ ləˈbɪh]
- Rhymes: -ih
- Syllabification: ku‧rang le‧bih
Adverb
Further reading
- “kurang lebih”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016