mempersalahkan

Indonesian

Etymology

salah +‎ memper- -kan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [məmpərsaˈlahkan]

Verb

mempersalahkan (passive dipersalahkan)

1. (transitive) to deem false
2. (transitive) to place blame

Conjugation

Conjugation of salah (memper-, intransitive)

root	salah
	active	involuntary	passive	basic / imperative	emphatic / jussive
active	–	–	–	–	–
locative	–	–	–	–	–
causative / applicative1	menyalahkan	tersalahkan	disalahkan	salahkan	salahkanlah
	causative
active	–	–	–	–	–
locative	mempersalahi	terpersalahi	dipersalahi	persalahi	persalahilah
causative / applicative1	mempersalahkan	terpersalahkan	dipersalahkan	persalahkan	persalahkanlah

¹ 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

• “mempersalahkan” 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.