terus

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /təˈrus/ [t̪əˈrʊs]
• Rhymes: -us
• Syllabification: te‧rus

Inherited from Malay terus. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• teroes (van Ophuijsen (1901–1947))

têrus

1. straight:
   1. of a direction relative to the subject, precisely; as if following a direct line

      Synonym: lantas

   2. directly; without pause, delay or detour

      Synonyms: langsung, lalu

   3. continuously; without interruption or pause

      Antonym: berhenti-henti

2. continuously

têrus

1. continue
2. keep going, straight ahead

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

têrus (comparative lebih terus, superlative paling terus)

1. (obsolete) genuine, pure

   Synonym: tulen

• “terus” 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.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): /təˈros/ [t̪əˈros]
  • Rhymes: -os

• (Baku) IPA^(key): /təˈrus/ [t̪əˈrus]
  • Rhymes: -us
• Hyphenation: te‧rus

terus (Jawi spelling تروس)

1. straight; direct
2. continuous; uninterrupted

terus (Jawi spelling تروس)

1. to go on; to continue
2. to proceed without stopping

• > Indonesian: terus (inherited)

• “terus” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

An unadapted borrowing from Indonesian terus (“straight, directly”), preserving the schwa.

• IPA^(key): /t̪ə.ˈr̪us̪/

terus

1. (and) then, (and) at once

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics