terjerit-jerit

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixation of ter- +‎ jerit with reduplication at the base word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tər.d͡ʒə.rɪt̚.d͡ʒəˈrɪt/
• Rhymes: -rɪt̚, -ɪt̚, -t̚
• Hyphenation: têr‧jê‧rit‧jê‧rit

Verb

têrjêrit-jêrit

1. (intransitive) to scream loudly and repeatedly

Further reading

• “terjerit-jerit”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016