FromLatinter(“three times”).
ter-
- three,threefold
FromMalayter-, fromClassical Malayter-, fromProto-Malayic*tAr-, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*taʀ-, fromProto-Austronesian*taʀ-.
ter- (verb base)
- incidentalaspect of thepassiveambitransitive (intransitive-transitive)verb
- ter- + tidur(“sleep”) → tertidur(“(accidentally)slept”)
- momentaneousaspect of thepassiveintransitiveverb
- ter- + jatuh(“fall”) → terjatuh(“(suddenly)fall”)
- perfectiveaspect of thepassivetransitiveverb
- ter- + letak(“to place”) → terletak(“have been placed”)
- ter- + sangka(“to suspect”) → tersangka(“to be suspected”)
- (law, in extension)noun derivative fromperfectiveaspect of thepassivetransitiveverb
- ter- + sangka(“to suspect”) → tersangka(“suspect”)
- potentialmood of thepassivetransitiveverb: to beable [base]
- ter- + beli(“to buy”) → terbeli(“to be able to buy”)
ter- (adjective base, adverb base)
- used to form thesuperlative ofadjectives andadverbs.
- ter- + besar(“big”) → terbesar(“biggest”)
- ter- + panjang(“long”) → terpanjang(“longest”)
Inherited fromProto-Germanic*twiz-, fromProto-Indo-European*dwís.
ter-(German-based spelling, Veldeke spelling)
- (inseperable verbal prefix)asunder, topieces, tobits, intwo
- ter- + brääke(“to break”) → terbrääke(“to break in two”)
FromClassical Malayter-, fromProto-Malayic*tAr-, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*taʀ-, fromProto-Austronesian*taʀ-.
ter-
- accidentalaspect of thepassiveintransitiveverb
- ter- + tidur(“sleep”) → tertidur(“(accidentally)slept”)
- momentaneaspect of thepassiveintransitiveverb
- ter- + jatuh(“fall”) → terjatuh(“(suddenly)fall”)
- perfectiveaspect of thepassivetransitiveverb
- ter- + letak(“to place”) → terletak(“have been placed”)
- ter- + sangka(“to suspect”) → tersangka(“to be suspected”)
- (infrequently) to beable [base]
- ter- + beli(“to buy”) → terbeli(“to be able to buy”)
- ter- + angkat(“to lift”) → terangkat(“to be able to lift”)
- used to form thesuperlative ofadjectives andadverbs.
- ter- + besar(“big”) → terbesar(“biggest”)
- ter- + panjang(“long”) → terpanjang(“longest”)