mendiamkan
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay mendiamkan, from Classical Malay mendiamkan. Equivalent to diam + meng- -kan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /məndiamkan/
- Hyphenation: men‧di‧am‧kan
Verb
mendiamkan
- (transitive) to mute, to silence (to cause to become silent)
- Synonym: membisukan
- (transitive) to keep motionless (to bring to a standstill)
- (transitive) to hush up, to do nothing about, to sweep under the rug
- Synonyms: menelantarkan, memetieskan, memperdiarkan
Further reading
- “mendiamkan” 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.
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