kurung

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkuruŋ/ [ˈku.rʊŋ]
• Rhymes: -uruŋ
• Syllabification: 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.

Javanese

Romanization

kurung

1. Romanization of ꦏꦸꦫꦸꦁ

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. Compare Acehnese kurông and Tagalog kulong, Ilocano kurong.

Noun

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

1. cage

   Synonym: kurungan

Descendants

• > Indonesian: kurung (inherited)
• → Macanese: curum

Further reading

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