kurang
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
kurang
- To a smaller extent or degree; less
- Filmnya kurang bermanfaat.
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- Missing or not having enough of (a good quality, etc); lacking.
- Sayurnya kurang garam.
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Preposition edit
kurang
- (mathematics) Made less or reduced by (followed by an expression of number or quantity); minus.
- Antonym: tambah
Noun edit
kurang
- (mathematics) The minus sign (−); minus.
- Synonym: tanda kurang
Affixed terms edit
Compounds edit
- kurang adab
- kurang adat
- kurang air
- kurang ajar
- kurang akal
- kurang asam
- kurang asin
- kurang bahasa
- kurang beres
- kurang darah
- kurang energi protein
- kurang gizi
- kurang hati
- kurang iman
- kurang ingat
- kurang ingatan
- kurang jadi
- kurang jantan
- kurang kalori protein
- kurang lebih
- kurang perhatian
- kurang periksa
- kurang pikir
- kurang pikiran
- kurang sesen
- kurang tenaga
- kurang terima
- kurang waras
Further reading edit
- “kurang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
West Makian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
kurang
Conjugation edit
| Conjugation of kurang (stative verb) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||
| inclusive | exclusive | |||
| 1st person | tikurang | mikurang | akurang | |
| 2nd person | nikurang | fikurang | ||
| 3rd person | inanimate | ikurang | dikurang | |
| animate | makurang | |||
| imperative | —, kurang | —, kurang | ||
References edit
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics