per- -kan
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Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Circumfix[edit]
pêr- -kan (active memper- -kan, passive diper- -kan, perfective passive teper- -kan)
- used to indicate transitive causative benefactive (sometimes imperative) aspect of a verb
- used to indicate transitive causative applicative (sometimes imperative) aspect of a verb
- lihat (“to see”) → perlihatkan (“cause (someone) to see”)
Usage notes[edit]
- When this suffix is combined with the prefixes meng-, di-, ter-, and ke-, the imperative aspect is lost.