dikarenakan
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]karena + di- -kan. Proscribed formation from karena, possibly by analogy with sebab and disebabkan. The agent focus form "mengarenakan" does not exist.
Verb
[edit]dikarenakan
- (proscribed) to be caused by
- Maraknya korupsi di Indonesia dikarenakan gaji pegawai yang jauh dari kata cukup untuk hidup layak.
- The rise of corruption in Indonesia is caused by officials' salaries being far from enough to live a decent life.
- Maraknya korupsi di Indonesia dikarenakan gaji pegawai yang jauh dari kata cukup untuk hidup layak.
Conjunction
[edit]dikarenakan
- (proscribed) because, since
- 2015, Laporan Konferensi Wikimedia 2015:
- Dikarenakan cuaca saat itu sejuk dan tidak panas, ...
- Since the weather was cool and was not warm, ...
Usage notes
[edit]The usage of this word is proscribed, but it remains in common use in Indonesian. Possible alternatives include the following: disebabkan, karena.
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “dikarenakan” 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.