menurunkan

Indonesian

lajur khusus menurunkan penumpang ― special line for dropping off passengers

Etymology

From Malay menurunkan, from Classical Malay menurunkan. Equivalent to turun +‎ meng- -kan.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /mənuˈrunkan/ [mə.nuˈrun.kan]
• Rhymes: -unkan
• Syllabification: me‧nu‧run‧kan

Verb

menurunkan

1. to lower
2. to drop off (to allow passengers to alight)
3. (linguistics) to derive

Conjugation

Conjugation of turun (meng-, intransitive)
Root	turun
	Active	Involuntary	Passive	Basic / Imperative	Emphatic / Jussive
Active	–	–	–	–	–
Locative	menuruni	terturuni	dituruni	turuni	turunilah
Causative / Applicative1	menurunkan	terturunkan	diturunkan	turunkan	turunkanlah
	Causative
Active	memperturun	terperturun	diperturun	perturunkan	perturunlah
Locative	memperturuni	terperturuni	diperturuni	perturuni	perturunilah
Causative / Applicative1	memperturunkan	terperturunkan	diperturunkan	perturunkan	perturunkanlah
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning. Notes: Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Malay

Etymology

From meng- -kan +‎ turun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mənurunkan/
• Rhymes: -ənurunkan, -nurunkan, -urunkan, -runkan, -unkan, -kan, -an
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [ənuɣʊnkän, -ɣon-, -ɣo̞n-]

Verb

menurunkan

1. (transitive) to make something go down, to lower

   menurunkan pangkat

   to lower one's position, to demote

2. (transitive) to pass down, to make someone inherit (a trait etc.)

   Synonym: mewariskan

   Mungkinkah bakatnya diturunkan daripada ayahnya?

   Could it be that he inherited his talent from his father?

Further reading

• “menurunkan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.