tunduk

Although this word seems related to tujuh (also tuduh, tuju, tunjuk, and telunjuk), it actually comes from a different source. Dempwolff (1938) reconstructed the source of this word (Uraustronesisch) as *tunduk.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʊn.dʊʔ/
• Rhymes: -dʊʔ
• Hyphenation: tun‧duk

tunduk (active menunduk)

1. (intransitive) to bow (to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference)
2. (intransitive, figurative, by extension)
   1. to surrender; to yield (to give up into the power, control, or possession of another)
   2. to submit (to yield or give way to another)

• runduk