undur

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse undr, from Proto-Germanic *wundrą, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (to wish for, desire, strive for, win, love).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʊntʊɹ/

Noun

undur n (genitive singular undurs, plural undur)

  1. wonder

Declension

n13 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative undur undrið undur undrini
accusative undur undrið undur undrini
dative undri undrinum undrum undrunum
genitive undurs undursins undra undranna

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • ei undur í - no wonder

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse undr, from Proto-Germanic *wundrą, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (to wish for, desire, strive for, win, love).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʏntʏr/
    Rhymes: -ʏntʏr

Noun

undur n (genitive singular undurs, nominative plural undur)

  1. a wonder, miracle

Declension

Declension of undur (neuter)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative undur undrið undur undrin
accusative undur undrið undur undrin
dative undri undrinu undrum undrunum
genitive undurs undursins undra undranna

See also

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay undur, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *unduD, *undur (retreat, fall back). Compare Binukid undud (to move backwards).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /unˈdʊɾ/
  • Rhymes: -dur, -ur

Verb

undur

  1. to retreat

Conjugation

Conjugation of undur (meng-, transitive)
root undur
active passive basic
imperative
emphatic
jussive
reflective1 ordinary
ordinary
nominative mengundur
mundur
diundur
undur
mundur
undurlah
mundurlah
accusative / dative / locative
perfective causative / applicative2 mengundurkan terundurkan diundurkan undurkan undurkanlah
causative
nominative
accusative / dative / locative
perfective causative / applicative2

1 There is another form of reflective passive verb with affixation of ke- -an which is not included in the table. This form is only attested in active voice without causative affixation of per-.
2 The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

  • mengundur
  • mengundurkan
  • mundur
  • pengunduran
  • undur siar

See also

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

undur

  1. romanization of ꦲꦸꦤ꧀ꦢꦸꦂ

Malay

Etymology

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *unduD, *undur (retreat, fall back). Compare Binukid undud (to move backwards).

Pronunciation

  • (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /undo(r)/
  • (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /undʊ(r)/
  • Rhymes: -ndo(r), -do(r), -o(r)
  • Rhymes: -ur

Verb

undur (Jawi spelling اوندور)

  1. to retreat
  2. to move backwards

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: undur

See also

Further reading

Old Javanese

Etymology

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *unduD, *undur (retreat, fall back).

Noun

undur

  1. retiring
  2. retreating

Derived terms

  • aṅunduri
  • inundurakĕn
  • kinondurakĕn
  • kondur
  • maṅundurakĕn
  • mundur

Descendants

Further reading

  • "undur" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Rohingya

Noun

undur

  1. mouse