turun-temurun

Indonesian

Etymology

Reduplication of turun with the infix -em-.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˌturun təˈmurun/ [ˌt̪u.rʊn̪ t̪əˈmu.rʊn]
  • Rhymes: -urun
  • Syllabification: tu‧run-te‧mu‧run

Adjective

turun-têmurun (comparative lebih turun-temurun, superlative paling turun-temurun)

  1. hereditary, ancestral

Adverb

turun-têmurun

  1. hereditarily; for generations
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