kurang

See also: ku·rang

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kurang.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkuraŋ/ [ˈku.raŋ]
• Rhymes: -uraŋ
• Syllabification: ku‧rang

Adjective

kurang

1. less

   Filmnya kurang bermanfaat.

   The film is less beneficial.

2. lacking; deficient

   Sayurnya kurang garam.

   The vegetable is lacking salt.

Preposition

kurang

1. (mathematics) minus.

   Antonym: tambah

Noun

kurang (first-person possessive kurangku, second-person possessive kurangmu, third-person possessive kurangnya)

1. (mathematics) minus sign (−); minus

   Synonym: tanda kurang

Affixed terms

• berkekurangan
• berkurang
• berkurang-kurang
• dikurang
• dikurangi
• dikurangkan
• kekurangan
• kurang-kurang
• mengurang
• mengurangi
• mengurangkan
• pengurang
• pengurangan
• sekurang-kurangnya

 

Compounds

• kurang adab
• kurang adat
• kurang air
• kurang ajar
• kurang akal
• kurang asam
• kurang asin
• kurang bahasa
• kurang beres
• kurang darah
• kurang energi protein
• kurang gizi
• kurang hati
• kurang iman
• kurang ingat
• kurang ingatan
• kurang jadi
• kurang jantan
• kurang kalori protein
• kurang lebih
• kurang perhatian
• kurang periksa
• kurang pikir
• kurang pikiran
• kurang sesen
• kurang tenaga
• kurang terima
• kurang waras

 

Further reading

• “kurang” 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.

West Makian

Etymology

From Malay kurang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.raŋ/

Verb

kurang

1. (stative) to be less
2. (stative) to be lacking

Conjugation

Conjugation of kurang (stative verb)
		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tikurang	mikurang	akurang
2nd person		nikurang	fikurang
3rd person	inanimate	ikurang	dikurang
	animate	makurang
imperative		—, kurang	—, kurang

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics