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	passive		imperative colloquial	emphatic jussive
		reflective1	ordinary
	ordinary
active	menerkam	terterkam	diterkam	terkam	terkamlah
locative	–	–	–	–	–
perfective causative / applicative2	menerkamkan	terterkamkan	diterkamkan	terkamkan	terkamkanlah
	causative
active	–	–	–	–	–
locative	–	–	–	–	–
perfective causative / applicative2	memperterkamkan	terperterkamkan	diperterkamkan	perterkamkan	perterkamkanlah

¹ There is other form of reflective passive verb with affixation of ke- -an which not included in the table. This form is only attested in active voice without causative affixation of per-.
² The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally 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.