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undak.

headway

5 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

root/ˈundak/Standard-Indonesian[ˈun.dak̚]Standard-Indonesian
  1. headway

    morpheme
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay اوندق (undak), from Javanese ꦲꦸꦤ꧀ꦝꦏ꧀ (undhak, “to raise, to rise; to add”), from Old Javanese uṇḍak (“to rise”), probably ultimately from Proto-Mon-Khmer *[ɗ]ək (“to stand up, to go up”).

noun/ˈundak/Standard-Indonesian[ˈun.dak̚]Standard-Indonesian
  1. level, step

  2. step, rung

  3. terrace

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay اوندق (undak), from Javanese ꦲꦸꦤ꧀ꦝꦏ꧀ (undhak, “to raise, to rise; to add”), from Old Javanese uṇḍak (“to rise”), probably ultimately from Proto-Mon-Khmer *[ɗ]ək (“to stand up, to go up”).

verb/ˈundak/Standard-Indonesian[ˈun.dak̚]Standard-Indonesian
  1. to climb, to ascend, to mount

  2. to increase, to rise, to go up

  3. to progress, to advance, to make headway

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay اوندق (undak), from Javanese ꦲꦸꦤ꧀ꦝꦏ꧀ (undhak, “to raise, to rise; to add”), from Old Javanese uṇḍak (“to rise”), probably ultimately from Proto-Mon-Khmer *[ɗ]ək (“to stand up, to go up”).

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