menurunkan

Indonesian

lajur khusus menurunkan penumpang ― special line for dropping off passengers

Etymology

Inherited from Malay menurunkan, from Classical Malay menurunkan. Equivalent to From turun +‎ meng- -kan.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /mənuˈrunkan/ [mə.nuˈrun.kan]
• Rhymes: -unkan
• Syllabification: me‧nu‧run‧kan

Verb

mênurunkan

1. (active voice, transitive) to lower
2. (active voice, transitive) to drop off (to allow passengers to alight)
3. (active voice, transitive, linguistics) to derive

Malay

Etymology

From meng- -kan +‎ turun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mənurunkan/
• Rhymes: -unkan
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [mənuɣʊnkän, -ɣon-, -ɣo̞n-]

Verb

menurunkan

1. (transitive) to make something go down, to lower

   menurunkan pangkat

   to lower one's position, to demote

2. (transitive) to pass down, to make someone inherit (a trait etc.)

   Synonym: mewariskan

   Mungkinkah bakatnya diturunkan daripada ayahnya?

   Could it be that he inherited his talent from his father?

Further reading

• “menurunkan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.