undak
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈundak/ [ˈun.dak̚]
- Rhymes: -undak
- Syllabification: un‧dak
Etymology 1
Inherited from Malay اوندق (undak).
Root
undak
Derived terms
- mengundak
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦸꦤ꧀ꦝꦏ꧀ (undhak, “to raise, to rise; to add”), from Old Javanese uṇḍak (“to rise”).
Noun
undak (plural undak-undak)
Verb
undak
- to climb, to ascend, to mount
- to increase, to rise, to go up
- to progress, to advance, to make headway
Derived terms
- berundak
- berundak-undak
- undak-undakan
- undakan
- undak usuk
Descendants
- → Malay: اوندق (undak)
Further reading
- “undak” 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.