potong

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay potong, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *putuŋ.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈpotoŋ/ [ˈpo.t̪oŋ]
• Rhymes: -otoŋ
• Syllabification: po‧tong

Verb

potong

1. to cut; to cut off

Conjugation

Conjugation of potong (meng-, intransitive)

root	potong
	active	involuntary	passive	basic / imperative	emphatic / jussive
active	memotong	terpotong	dipotong	potong	potonglah
locative	memotongi	terpotongi	dipotongi	potongi	potongilah
causative / applicative1	memotongkan	terpotongkan	dipotongkan	potongkan	potongkanlah
	causative
active	memperpotong	terperpotong	diperpotong	perpotong	perpotonglah
locative	memperpotongi	terperpotongi	diperpotongi	perpotongi	perpotongilah
causative / applicative1	memperpotongkan	terperpotongkan	diperpotongkan	perpotongkan	perpotongkanlah

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.

Derived terms

• memotong
• pemotong
• potong-potong
• potongan
• sepotong

Noun

potong (plural potong-potong)

1. piece, cut (e.g. of cake)

Further reading

• “potong” 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.