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)
- (intransitive) to bow (to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference)
- (intransitive, figurative, by extension)
Derived terms
- ketertundukan
- ketundukan
- penundukan
- petunduk
- tertunduk
- tunduk-tunduk
- tundukkan
Related terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Sundanese [Term?].
Noun
tunduk (uncountable)
- 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
- ^ Otto Dempwolff (1934-1938), Vergleichende Lautlehre des austronesischen Wortschatzes (in German)
Further reading
- “tunduk”, 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