kurung

See also: Kurung

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay kurung, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuruŋ.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈkuruŋ/ [ˈku.rʊŋ]
  • Rhymes: -uruŋ
  • Syllabification: ku‧rung

Noun

kurung (plural kurung-kurung)

  1. cage
  2. prison; jail
  3. confinement
  4. parenthesis; brackets

Derived terms

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

kurung

  1. romanization of ꦏꦸꦫꦸꦁ

Kambera

Noun

kurung

  1. room

References

  • Marian Klamer (1998) A Grammar of Kambera, Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 213

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuruŋ. Compare Acehnese kurông and Tagalog kulong, Ilocano kurong.

Noun

kurung (Jawi spelling کوروڠ, plural kurung-kurung)

  1. cage
    Synonym: kurungan

Descendants

  • > Indonesian: kurung (inherited)
  • Macanese: curum

Further reading