# ter-
## English
### Etymology

From Latin ter (“three times”).

### Prefix

ter-
* three, threefold

#### Derived terms
### References

* Definition of ter - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

### Anagrams

* ERT, ETR, Ret., ert, ret

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay ter-, from Classical Malay ter-, from Proto-Malayic *tAr-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taʀ-, from Proto-Austronesian *taʀ-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tər/
* Audio:(file)

### Prefix

ter- (verb base)
* incidental aspect of the passive ambitransitive (intransitive-transitive) verb
    ‎ter- + ‎tidur (“sleep”) → ‎tertidur (“(accidentally) slept”)
* momentaneous aspect of the passive intransitive verb
    ‎ter- + ‎jatuh (“fall”) → ‎terjatuh (“(suddenly) fall”)
* perfective aspect of the passive transitive verb
    ‎ter- + ‎letak (“to place”) → ‎terletak (“have been placed”)
    ‎ter- + ‎sangka (“to suspect”) → ‎tersangka (“to be suspected”)
* (law, in extension) noun derivative from perfective aspect of the passive transitive verb
    ‎ter- + ‎sangka (“to suspect”) → ‎tersangka (“suspect”)
* potential mood of the passive transitive verb: to be able [base]
    ‎ter- + ‎beli (“to buy”) → ‎terbeli (“to be able to buy”)

### Prefix

ter- (adjective base, adverb base)
* used to form the superlative of adjectives and adverbs.
    ‎ter- + ‎besar (“big”) → ‎terbesar (“biggest”)
    ‎ter- + ‎panjang (“long”) → ‎terpanjang (“longest”)

### Alternative forms

* te- used in words with initial /r/ and in several words whose first syllable ends with /-(ə)r.C-/
    ‎ter- + ‎rebut → ‎terebut
    ‎ter- + ‎rasa → ‎terasa
    ‎ter- + ‎percaya → ‎tepercaya (instead of terpercaya)
    ‎ter- + ‎cermin → ‎tecermin (instead of tercermin)

### Further reading

* “ter-” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Limburgish
### Alternative forms

* te̩r- (Rheinische Dokumenta spelling)

### Etymology

* PIE word
* *dwís
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *twiz-, from Proto-Indo-European *dwís.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /təʁ/

### Prefix

ter- (German-based spelling, Veldeke spelling)
* (inseperable verbal prefix) asunder, to pieces, to bits, in two
    ‎ter- + ‎brääke (“to break”) → ‎terbrääke (“to break in two”)

## Malay
### Etymology

From Classical Malay ter-, from Proto-Malayic *tAr-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taʀ-, from Proto-Austronesian *taʀ-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tə(r)/

### Prefix

ter-
* accidental aspect of the passive intransitive verb
    ‎ter- + ‎tidur (“sleep”) → ‎tertidur (“(accidentally) slept”)
* momentane aspect of the passive intransitive verb
    ‎ter- + ‎jatuh (“fall”) → ‎terjatuh (“(suddenly) fall”)
* perfective aspect of the passive transitive verb
    ‎ter- + ‎letak (“to place”) → ‎terletak (“have been placed”)
    ‎ter- + ‎sangka (“to suspect”) → ‎tersangka (“to be suspected”)
* to be able [base]
    ‎ter- + ‎beli (“to buy”) → ‎terbeli (“to be able to buy”)
ter- (adjective base, adverb base)
* used to form the superlative of adjectives and adverbs.
    ‎ter- + ‎besar (“big”) → ‎terbesar (“biggest”)
    ‎ter- + ‎panjang (“long”) → ‎terpanjang (“longest”)