boikot

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch boycot, from English boycott, originating from Captain Charles Cunningham Boycott, an English evicting land agent in Ireland who was subject to a boycott organized by the Irish Land League in 1880.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboi̯kɔt̚/
• Hyphenation: boi‧kot

Verb

boikot (base-imperative boikot, active memboikot, ordinary passive diboikot)

1. to boycott

Derived terms

• memboikot
• pemboikot
• pemboikotan

 

• boikot massal
• boikot primer

 

Further reading

• “boikot” 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.