mengurangi

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay mengurangi. Equivalent to kurang +‎ meng- -i.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /məŋuˈraŋi/ [mə.ŋuˈra.ŋi]
• Rhymes: -aŋi
• Syllabification: me‧ngu‧ra‧ngi

Verb

mengurangi

1. (transitive) to reduce

   Saya ingin mengurangi gajimu

   I want to reduce your salary

Conjugation

Conjugation of kurang (meng-, intransitive)

root	kurang
	active	involuntary	passive	basic / imperative	emphatic / jussive
active	–	–	–	–	–
locative	mengurangi	terkurangi	dikurangi	kurangi	kurangilah
causative / applicative1	mengurangkan	terkurangkan	dikurangkan	kurangkan	kurangkanlah
	causative
active	–	–	–	–	–
locative	–	–	–	–	–
causative / applicative1	–	–	–	–	–

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

• “mengurangi” 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.