meletak

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed letak +‎ meng-.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈmələtak/ [ˈmə.lə.t̪ak̚]
  • Rhymes: -ələtak
  • Syllabification: me‧le‧tak

Verb

meletak (active meletak, ordinary passive diletak, adversative passive terletak)

  1. to place
    Synonyms: menaruh, menempatkan

Conjugation

Conjugation of letak (meng-, transitive)
root letak
active passive basic
imperative 		emphatic
jussive
reflective1 ordinary
ordinary
nominative meletak terletak diletak – letaklah
accusative / dative / locative meletaki – diletaki letaki letakilah
perfective causative / applicative2 meletakkan – diletakkan letakkan letakkanlah
causative
nominative – – – – –
accusative / dative / locative – – – – –
perfective causative / applicative2 – – – – –

1 There is another form of reflective passive verb with affixation of ke- -an which is not included in the table. This form is only attested in active voice without causative affixation of per-.
2 The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

  • meletak badan
  • meletak nasi
  • meletak tanda

Further reading

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