kurung

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.rʊŋ/
• Rhymes: -rʊŋ, -ʊŋ, -ŋ
• Hyphenation: ku‧rung

Noun

kurung (first-person possessive kurungku, second-person possessive kurungmu, third-person possessive kurungnya)

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

Derived terms

• berkurung
• dikurung
• keterkurungan
• kurungan
• mengurung
• pengurungan
• terkurung

 

• kurung batang
• kurung besar
• kurung kurawal
• kurung seluruh
• kurung siku

 

Further reading

• “kurung” 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.

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. Cognate with Acehnese kurông.

Noun

kurung (Jawi spelling کوروڠ, plural kurung-kurung, informal 1st possessive kurungku, 2nd possessive kurungmu, 3rd possessive kurungnya)

1. cage

   Synonym: kurungan

Further reading

• “kurung” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.