menelantarkan

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• (nonstandard, proscribed): menerlantarkan, menterlantarkan, mentelantarkan

Etymology

men- +‎ telantar +‎ -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

Related terms

• ketelantaran
• penelantar
• penelantaran
• telantar

 

Further reading

• “menelantarkan” 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.