mengurangi

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Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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Verb[edit]

mengurangi

  1. (transitive) to reduce
    Saya ingin mengurangi gajimu
    I want to reduce your salary

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of kurang (meng-, intransitive)
Root kurang
Active Involuntary /
Perfective
Passive Imperative Jussive
Active
Locative mengurangi terkurangi dikurangi kurangi kurangilah
Causative / Applicative1 mengurangkan terkurangkan dikurangkan kurangkan kurangkanlah
Causative
Locative
Causative / Applicative1
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.