lungsur

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay لوڠسور (lungsur), from Javanese ꦭꦸꦁꦱꦸꦂ (lungsur, “to come down, to slide down, to slip down; to demote”), from Old Javanese luṅsur (“coming down, slipping down, sliding down; to come down, to slide down, to slip down”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈluŋsur/ [ˈluŋ.sʊr]
• Rhymes: -uŋsur
• Syllabification: lung‧sur

Verb

lungsur

1. to come down, to slide down, to slip down

Noun

lungsur (first-person possessive lungsurku, second-person possessive lungsurmu, third-person possessive lungsurnya)

1. Alternative spelling of lungsuran (“second hand clothes”)

Derived terms

• dilungsurkan
• lungsuran
• melungsur
• melungsurkan

 

Further reading

• “lungsur” 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.

Javanese

Romanization

lungsur

1. Romanization of ꦭꦸꦁꦱꦸꦂ