menurunkan
Indonesian
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
- (active voice, transitive) to lower
- (active voice, transitive) to drop off (to allow passengers to alight)
- (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
- (transitive) to make something go down, to lower
- menurunkan pangkat
- to lower one's position, to demote
- (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.