menelantarkan

== Indonesian == === Alternative forms === menerlantarkan, menterlantarkan, mentelantarkan (nonstandard, proscribed) === Etymology === From From telantar +‎ meng- -kan. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: me‧ne‧lan‧tar‧kan === Verb === menelantarkan (transitive) to abandon, to desert (to cease to support or look after someone) (transitive) to neglect, to put aside (to fail to care for or attend to something) Synonyms: membengkalaikan, mengalpakan ==== Usage notes ==== Although terlantar is commonly used by speakers, the affixing of the word as menterlantarkan is very rare in practice. This anomaly occurs due to some speakers' lack of knowledge in distinguishing between affixed words and base words. ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “menelantarkan”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016