boikot

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed 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): /ˈbɔi̯.kɔt̚/
• Rhymes: -kɔt̚
• Hyphenation: boi‧kot

Verb

boikot (active memboikot, passive diboikot, perfective passive terboikot)

1. (transitive) to boycott (to abstain, either as an individual or a group, from using, buying, or dealing with someone or some organization as an expression of protest)

Derived terms

• pemboikot
• pemboikotan