kurang
See also: ku·rang
Indonesian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aŋ
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈkuraŋ/ [ˈku.raŋ]
- Rhymes: -uraŋ
- Syllabification: ku‧rang
Adjective
kurang (comparative lebih kurang, superlative paling kurang)
- less
- Filmnya kurang bermanfaat.
- The film is less beneficial.
- lacking; deficient
- Sayurnya kurang garam.
- The vegetable is lacking salt.
Preposition
kurang
- (mathematics) minus
- Antonym: tambah
Noun
kurang (plural kurang-kurang)
- (mathematics) minus sign (−); minus
- Synonym: tanda kurang
Derived terms
Affixed forms
- berkekurangan
- berkurang
- berkurang-kurang
- dikurang
- dikurangi
- dikurangkan
- kekurangan
- kurang-kurang
- mengurang
- mengurangi
- mengurangkan
- pengurang
- pengurangan
- sekurang-kurangnya
Compound forms
- kurang adab
- kurang adat
- kurang air
- kurang ajar
- kurang akal
- kurang asam
- kurang asin
- kurang bahasa
- kurang beres
- kurang darah
- kurang energi protein
- kurang gizi
- kurang hati
- kurang iman
- kurang ingat
- kurang ingatan
- kurang jadi
- kurang jantan
- kurang kalori protein
- kurang lebih
- kurang perhatian
- kurang periksa
- kurang pikir
- kurang pikiran
- kurang sesen
- kurang tenaga
- kurang terima
- kurang waras
Further reading
- “kurang” 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.
West Makian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈku.raŋ/
Verb
kurang
Conjugation
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| inclusive | exclusive | |||
| 1st person | tikurang | mikurang | akurang | |
| 2nd person | nikurang | fikurang | ||
| 3rd person | inanimate | ikurang | dikurang | |
| animate | makurang | |||
| imperative | —, kurang | —, kurang | ||
References
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics