terkam

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay terkam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tər.kam]
• Hyphenation: ter‧kam

Verb

terkam

1. pounce

   Singa yang galak itu siap menerkam mangsanya. ― The savage lion is ready to pounce on its prey.

Conjugation

Conjugation of terkam (meng-, transitive)
Root	terkam
	Active	Involuntary	Passive	Basic / Imperative	Jussive
Active	menerkam	terterkam	diterkam	terkam	terkamlah
Locative	–	–	–	–	–
Causative / Applicative1	menerkamkan	terterkamkan	diterkamkan	terkamkan	terkamkanlah
	Causative
Active	–	–	–	–	–
Locative	–	–	–	–	–
Causative / Applicative1	memperterkamkan	terperterkamkan	diperterkamkan	perterkamkan	perterkamkanlah
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning. Notes: Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Further reading

• “terkam” 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.

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tər.kam/
• Rhymes: -kam, -am
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [t̪ərˈkäm]

Verb

terkam (Jawi spelling ترکم)

1. to pounce

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• penerkam [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• penerkaman [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• terkaman [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
• menerkam [agent focus] (meN-)
• diterkam [patient focus] (di-)
• terterkam [agentless action] (teR-)
• berterkaman [stative / habitual + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (beR- + -an)

Descendants

• Indonesian: terkam

Further reading

• “terkam” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.