menelantarkan

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Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From telantar +‎ meng- -kan.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: me‧ne‧lan‧tar‧kan

Verb

menelantarkan

  1. (transitive) to abandon, to desert (to cease to support or look after someone)
  2. (transitive) to neglect, to put aside (to fail to care for or attend to something)
    Synonyms: membengkalaikan, mengalpakan

Usage notes

Although terlantar is commonly used by speakers, the affixing of the word as menterlantarkan is very rare in practice. This anomaly occurs due to some speakers' lack of knowledge in distinguishing between affixed words and base words.

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