ter-

From Latin ter (“three times”).

ter-

1. three, threefold

• Definition of ter - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

• ERT, ETR, Ret., ert, ret

From Old Malay ter-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ta-.

• IPA^(key): /tə(r)/

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ter- (verb base)

1. accidental aspect of the passive intransitive verb

   ‎ter- + ‎tidur (“sleep”) → ‎tertidur (“(accidentally) slept”)

2. momentane aspect of the passive intransitive verb

   ‎ter- + ‎jatuh (“fall”) → ‎terjatuh (“(suddenly) fall”)

3. perfective aspect of the passive transitive verb

   ‎ter- + ‎letak (“to place”) → ‎terletak (“have been placed”)

   ‎ter- + ‎sangka (“to suspect”) → ‎tersangka (“to be suspected”)

4. (law) noun derivative from perfective aspect of the passive transitive verb

   ‎ter- + ‎sangka (“to suspect”) → ‎tersangka (“suspect”)

5. to be able [base]

   ‎ter- + ‎beli (“to buy”) → ‎terbeli (“to be able to buy”)

ter- (adjective base, adverb base)

1. used to form the superlative of adjectives and adverbs.

   ‎ter- + ‎besar (“big”) → ‎terbesar (“biggest”)

   ‎ter- + ‎panjang (“long”) → ‎terpanjang (“longest”)

• te- used in word with initial /r/ or several words with final /-ər/ in first syllable

• “ter-” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from Old Malay ter-.

• IPA^(key): /tə(r)/

ter-

1. accidental aspect of the passive intransitive verb

   ‎ter- + ‎tidur (“sleep”) → ‎tertidur (“(accidentally) slept”)

2. momentane aspect of the passive intransitive verb

   ‎ter- + ‎jatuh (“fall”) → ‎terjatuh (“(suddenly) fall”)

3. perfective aspect of the passive transitive verb

   ‎ter- + ‎letak (“to place”) → ‎terletak (“have been placed”)

   ‎ter- + ‎sangka (“to suspect”) → ‎tersangka (“to be suspected”)

4. to be able [base]

   ‎ter- + ‎beli (“to buy”) → ‎terbeli (“to be able to buy”)

ter- (adjective base, adverb base)

1. used to form the superlative of adjectives and adverbs.

   ‎ter- + ‎besar (“big”) → ‎terbesar (“biggest”)

   ‎ter- + ‎panjang (“long”) → ‎terpanjang (“longest”)