mengabsen

Indonesian

Etymology

meng- +‎ absen

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məŋ.ap.sen/

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Verb

mengabsen

1. To call out people's name to find out or determine who is not present; to roll call.
2. (obsolete) To find out or determine who is not present without call out people's name

Conjugation

Conjugation of absen (meng-, intransitive)
Root	absen
	Active	Involuntary / Perfective	Passive	Basic / Imperative	Jussive
Active	mengabsen	terabsen	diabsen	absen	absenlah
Locative	mengabseni	terabseni	diabseni	abseni	absenilah
Causative / Applicative1	mengabsenkan	terabsenkan	diabsenkan	absenkan	absenkanlah
	Causative
Active	memperabsen	terperabsen	diperabsen	perabsen	perabsenlah
Locative	memperabseni	terperabseni	diperabseni	perabseni	perabsenilah
Causative / Applicative1	memperabsenkan	terperabsenkan	diperabsenkan	perabsenkan	perabsenkanlah
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

Alternative forms

• مڠبسين

Etymology

meng- +‎ absen.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /məŋabsen/

Verb

mengabsen (Jawi spelling مڠبسين)

1. (colloquial) To call out people's name to find out or determine who is not present.