Where does “terkurung” come from?

terkurung (Malay) comes from Malay ter-, from Classical Malay ter-, from Proto-Malayic tAr-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian taʀ-, from Proto-Austronesian taʀ-.

terkurung (Malay): being trapped in something

Definitions

  1. being trapped in something

Ancestry of “terkurung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayter-agentless actions, such as those which are...
2Classical Malayter-for passive intransitive verb, agentless actions,...
3Proto-MalayictAr-
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantaʀ-
5Proto-Austronesiantaʀ-
Every word from Proto-Austronesian taʀ-
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