mengamankan
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Affixed aman + meng- -kan.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /məŋaˈmankan/ [mə.ŋaˈman.kan]
- Rhymes: -ankan
- Syllabification: me‧nga‧man‧kan
Verb
[edit]mêngamankan (active mengamankan, ordinary passive diamankan, adversative passive teramankan)
- to secure (To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect)
- 1938, Kartini, translated by Armijn Pane, Habis Gelap Terbitlah Terang, Balai Poestaka, page 164:
- Kepertjajaan itoelah jang menatang kami dan mengamankan dan mendamaikan hati kami.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (law enforcement) to arrest; to seize
- 2024 October 28, Guntur Irianto, “Operasi Tumpas Narkoba Semeru 2024, Amankan 16,8 Kilogram Sabu dan 83 Tersangka”, in radarsurabaya.id[1] (news), retrieved 6 November 2024:
- Operasi Tumpas Narkoba Semeru 2024 yang dilaksanakan 11-22 September lalu berhasil mengamankan 16, 819 kilogram sabu-sabu (SS) dan 3,7 kilogram ganja.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
[edit]- “mengamankan” 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.