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mundur.

to retreat, to retire, to withdraw, to recede, to back up, to go backward, to turn back

6 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈmundur/Standard-Indonesian[ˈmun.dʊr]Standard-Indonesian
  1. to retreat, to retire, to withdraw, to recede, to back up, to go backward, to turn back

    Tolong mundur sedikit, saya tidak bisa lewat.
    Kalau kita mundur beberapa abad ke belakang, situasinya sangat berbeda.
  2. to decline

  3. to decrease

  4. to deteriorate

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay موندور (mundur), from Javanese ꦩꦸꦤ꧀ꦢꦸꦂ (mundur, “to move backwards, to retreat”), from Old Javanese mundur (“to retreat, to fall back, to retire, to withdraw”). Reconstructed as undur + meng-. Doublet of mengundur.

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