menelantarkan
Indonesian
Alternative forms
- (nonstandard, proscribed): menerlantarkan, menterlantarkan, mentelantarkan
Etymology
Frommeng- + telantar + -kan.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: me‧ne‧lan‧tar‧kan
Verb
menelantarkan
- (transitive) to abandon, to desert (to cease to support or look after someone)
- (transitive) to neglect, to put aside (to fail to care for or attend to something)
- Synonyms: membengkalaikan, mengalpakan
Related terms
- ketelantaran
- penelantar
- penelantaran
- telantar
Further reading
- “menelantarkan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.