Berdering-dering
from indonesia
Verified
Standard
verb
Reduplication
From indonesia
Definition
The state of emitting a repeated or continuous ringing sound, such as that of a bell or telephone.
Etymology
A reduplicated form of the root word 'dering', which is an onomatopoeic representation of a ringing sound.
Semantic Category
Words that only or primarily exist in reduplicated form (e.g., gara-gara).
Reduplication