tunduk

Indonesian

Etymology

Although this word seems related to tujuh (also tuduh, tuju, tunjuk, and telunjuk), it actually comes from a different source. Dempwolff (1938) reconstructed the source of this word (Uraustronesisch) as *tunduk.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʊn.dʊʔ/
• Rhymes: -dʊʔ
• Hyphenation: tun‧duk

Verb

tunduk (active menunduk)

1. (intransitive) to bow (to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference)
2. (intransitive, figurative, by extension)
   1. to surrender; to yield (to give up into the power, control, or possession of another)
   2. to submit (to yield or give way to another)

Derived terms

• ketertundukan
• ketundukan
• penundukan
• petunduk
• tertunduk
• tunduk-tunduk
• tundukkan

 

See also

• runduk

References

1. Otto Dempwolff (1934-1938) Vergleichende Lautlehre des austronesischen Wortschatzes (in German)