undak

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay اوندق (undak), from Javanese ꦲꦸꦤ꧀ꦝꦏ꧀ (undhak, to raise, to rise; to add), from Old Javanese uṇḍak (to rise), probably ultimately from Proto-Mon-Khmer *[ɗ]ək (to stand up, to go up).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈundak/ [ˈun.dak̚]
  • Rhymes: -undak
  • Syllabification: un‧dak

Root

undak

  1. headway

Noun

undak (plural undak-undak)

  1. level, step
  2. step, rung
  3. (geology) terrace

Verb

undak

  1. to climb, to ascend, to mount
  2. to increase, to rise, to go up
  3. to progress, to advance, to make headway

Derived terms

  • berundak
  • berundak-undak
  • mengundak
  • undak-undakan
  • undakan
  • undak usuk

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