meninggalkan

Indonesian

Etymology

men- +‎ tinggal +‎ -kan.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: me‧ning‧gal‧kan

Verb

meninggalkan

1. (transitive) to abandon, to forsake (to cease to support or look after someone)

   Synonym: menelantarkan

2. (transitive) to spare, to retain (to keep at one's disposal)

   Synonym: menyisakan

3. (transitive) to abandon, to drop (to discontinue a course of action or study)

   Synonym: melepaskan

4. (transitive) to give up, to desist from, to stop (to discontinue a bad habit)

   Synonyms: melepaskan, menghilangkan

5. (transitive) to rule out, to exclude (to omit from consideration)

   Synonym: mengesampingkan

6. (transitive) to neglect, to put aside (to fail to care for or attend to something)

   Synonyms: mengalpakan, menelantarkan

Related terms

• bertinggal
• ketertinggalan
• ketinggalan
• meninggal
• meninggali
• peninggal
• peninggalan
• pertinggal
• sepeninggal
• tertinggal
• tinggal
• tinggalan

 

Further reading

• “meninggalkan” 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.