memanjakan

Indonesian

Etymology

meng- -kan +‎ manja

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /məmanˈd͡ʒakan/ [mə.manˈd͡ʒa.kan]
• Rhymes: -akan
• Syllabification: me‧man‧ja‧kan

Verb

mêmanjakan

1. to pamper; to coddle; to spoil

Conjugation

Conjugation of manja (meng-, transitive)

root	manja
	active	passive		imperative colloquial	emphatic jussive
		reflective1	ordinary
	ordinary
active	–	–	–	–	–
locative	–	–	–	–	–
perfective causative / applicative2	memanjakan	termanjakan	dimanjakan	manjakan	manjakanlah
	causative
active	–	–	–	–	–
locative	–	–	–	–	–
perfective causative / applicative2	mempermanjakan	terpermanjakan	dipermanjakan	permanjakan	permanjakanlah

¹ There is other form of reflective passive verb with affixation of ke- -an which 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.

Further reading

• “memanjakan” 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.