Terbungkuk-bungkuk
from indonesia
Verified
Standard
verb
Reduplication
From indonesia
Definition
A posture of being repeatedly or continuously hunched over, typically due to physical pain or as a sign of deference.
Etymology
Reduplicated form of the word bungkuk meaning to curve forward.
Semantic Category
Words that only or primarily exist in reduplicated form (e.g., gara-gara).
Reduplication