tunduk

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʊn.dʊʔ/
  • Rhymes: -dʊʔ
  • Hyphenation: tún‧dúk

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay tunduk. 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] Doublet of runduk.

Verb

tunduk (active menunduk, reflexive passive tertunduk, imperative tunduk, emphatic-jussive tunduklah)

  1. (intransitive) to bow (to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference)
  2. (intransitive, figurative, by extension)
    1. to surrender; to yield (to give up into the power, control, or possession of another)
    2. to submit (to yield or give way to another)
Derived terms
  • ketertundukan
  • ketundukan
  • penundukan
  • petunduk
  • tertunduk
  • tunduk-tunduk
  • tundukkan

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sundanese [Term?].

Noun

tunduk (uncountable)

  1. the traditional calendar of the Sumedang people to determine auspicious days for activities such as weddings, circumcisions, or rice field cultivation, in the form of a flat wooden surface, measuring 27 cm long and 13.5 cm wide. [since 2025]

References

  1. ^ Otto Dempwolff (1934-1938), Vergleichende Lautlehre des austronesischen Wortschatzes (in German)

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